Climate averages 1991–2020
Virginia Beach weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Virginia Beach: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norfolk (27 km away). In October its highs average 21.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Virginia Beach, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Virginia Beach ranks joint 279th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 374th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Virginia Beach is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 94 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
Virginia Beach climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 96 | 9.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 84 | 9.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 101 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 84 | 9.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 89 | 10.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 88 | 10.4 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 117 | 13.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 109 | 12.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 114 | 10.7 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 20.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 96 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 94 | 8.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 10.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 96 | 9.6 | 9.710 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
- Norfolk in OctoberUnited States · 27 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in OctoberUnited States · 35 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 94 mm rain
- East Hampton in OctoberUnited States · 38 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Newport News in OctoberUnited States · 43 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Suffolk in OctoberUnited States · 56 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Richmond in OctoberUnited States · 153 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 93 mm rain
- Greenville in OctoberUnited States · 186 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in OctoberUnited States · 236 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 10.8°C · 85 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 Virginia Beach) is explained once on the Virginia Beach year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.