Climate averages 1991–2020
Vancouver, United States weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Vancouver, United States: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Portland (13 km away). In October its highs average 17.0°C, 0.5°C warmer than Vancouver, United States, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Vancouver, United States ranks joint 385th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 494th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Vancouver, United States is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 10.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 143 mm to 226 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
Vancouver, United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 209 | 18.3 | 9.19 h |
| February | 9.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 156 | 15.4 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 178 | 18.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 142 | 16.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 18.5°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 89 | 12.0 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 60 | 8.8 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 16 | 2.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 26.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 21 | 3.3 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 62 | 6.8 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 16.5°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 143 | 13.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 226 | 18.2 | 9.510 h |
| December | 7.2°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 231 | 18.5 | 8.89 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
- Portland in OctoberUnited States · 13 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.1°C · 106 mm rain
- Beaverton in OctoberUnited States · 20 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.9°C · 106 mm rain
- Gresham in OctoberUnited States · 24 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 147 mm rain
- Hillsboro in OctoberUnited States · 29 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Salem, United States in OctoberUnited States · 83 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 87 mm rain
- Eugene in OctoberUnited States · 180 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 107 mm rain
- Tacoma in OctoberUnited States · 180 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Auburn in OctoberUnited States · 188 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 131 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 Vancouver) is explained once on the Vancouver, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.