Climate averages 1991–2020
Plymouth weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Plymouth: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Exeter (59 km away). In October its highs average 14.2°C, about as warm as Plymouth, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Plymouth ranks joint 23rd of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 126th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Plymouth is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 11.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 112 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Plymouth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 102 | 15.5 | 8.69 h |
| February | 8.7°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 77 | 12.0 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 67 | 11.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 63 | 11.5 | 13.814 h |
| May | 15.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 61 | 10.7 | 15.415 h |
| June | 17.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 61 | 10.6 | 16.316 h |
| July | 19.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 61 | 10.5 | 16.016 h |
| August | 19.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 69 | 11.2 | 14.515 h |
| September | 17.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 61 | 10.3 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 14.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 104 | 14.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 11.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 112 | 15.4 | 9.19 h |
| December | 9.3°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 109 | 15.1 | 8.18 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Exeter in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 9.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Weston-super-Mare in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 136 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Swansea in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 140 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 143 mm rain
- Cardiff in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 141 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 9.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Newport in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 157 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Poole in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 157 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 10.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Bristol in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 162 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Bournemouth in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 165 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 82 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Plymouth) is explained once on the Plymouth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.