Climate averages 1991–2020
Savannah weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th 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 Savannah: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Charleston (134 km away). In October its highs average 23.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Savannah, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Savannah ranks joint 179th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 388th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Savannah is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 59 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
Savannah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.1°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 88 | 8.8 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 84 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 20.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 80 | 8.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 70 | 6.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 59 | 8.4 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 117 | 15.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 115 | 16.2 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 150 | 18.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 122 | 13.6 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 24.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 97 | 7.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 59 | 6.3 | 10.511 h |
| December | 16.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 86 | 8.8 | 10.110 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
- Charleston in OctoberUnited States · 134 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 17.3°C · 101 mm rain
- North Charleston in OctoberUnited States · 136 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 101 mm rain
- Jacksonville in OctoberUnited States · 202 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Columbia (South Carolina), United States in OctoberUnited States · 213 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Warner Robins in OctoberUnited States · 245 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Macon in OctoberUnited States · 252 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Palm Coast in OctoberUnited States · 278 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Albany (Georgia), United States in OctoberUnited States · 294 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 70 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 Savannah) is explained once on the Savannah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.