Climate averages 1991–2020

Swindon weather
in October.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 13.7°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 7.7°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 69 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a cool month in Swindon: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 44 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Oxford (42 km away). In October its highs average 13.9°C, about as warm as Swindon, with 63 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Swindon ranks joint 68th of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 86th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Swindon is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 9.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 68 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Swindon climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Swindon, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	6.8°C1.9°C	1.9°C	62	11.5	8.48 h
February	7.4°C1.7°C	1.7°C	48	9.9	9.910 h
March	9.7°C2.8°C	2.8°C	50	10.3	11.812 h
April	12.6°C4.5°C	4.5°C	57	11.4	13.814 h
May	15.7°C7.5°C	7.5°C	61	11.2	15.616 h
June	18.5°C10.5°C	10.5°C	56	10.4	16.617 h
July	20.6°C12.5°C	12.5°C	59	10.9	16.116 h
August	20.2°C12.5°C	12.5°C	65	10.8	14.615 h
September	17.6°C10.4°C	10.4°C	54	9.3	12.713 h
October, selected	13.7°C7.7°C	7.7°C	69	11.3	10.711 h
November	9.7°C4.5°C	4.5°C	68	12.0	8.99 h
December	7.1°C2.4°C	2.4°C	65	11.4	7.98 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

Distance from Swindon

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Swindon) is explained once on the Swindon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.