Climate averages 1991–2020
Berkeley weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Berkeley: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oakland (7 km away). In October its highs average 23.2°C, about as warm as Berkeley, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Berkeley ranks joint 218th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 80th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Berkeley is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 46 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
Berkeley climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 93 | 9.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 97 | 9.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 73 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 34 | 4.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 17 | 3.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 24.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 3.6 | 0.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 25.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 14.515 h |
| August | 26.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 23.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 21 | 2.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 46 | 5.7 | 10.210 h |
| December | 13.6°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 87 | 9.3 | 9.610 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
- Oakland in OctoberUnited States · 7 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 21 mm rain
- San Francisco in OctoberUnited States · 17 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Concord (California), United States in OctoberUnited States · 24 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Daly City in OctoberUnited States · 25 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Vallejo in OctoberUnited States · 26 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.9°C · 23 mm rain
- San Ramon in OctoberUnited States · 28 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Hayward in OctoberUnited States · 28 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 21 mm rain
- San Mateo in OctoberUnited States · 35 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 23 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 Berkeley) is explained once on the Berkeley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Oakland lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.