Edinburgh Weather in October
Average highs run from 15°C on October 1 to 12°C on October 31, and lows from 8°C to 5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 75 mm over about 16 wet days.
October day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
October at a glance
- Average high
- 13°C
- Average low
- 7°C
- Precipitation
- 75 mm
- Record high
- 22°COct 27, 2005
- Record low
- -5°COct 17, 1993
- Daylight
- 11 h 32 min to 9 h 18 min
- Cloud cover
- 78%
- Humidity
- 90%
- Dew point
- 7°C
- Wind
- 20.9 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 15°C | 8°C | 22°C 1973 | -2°C 1988 | 50% |
| Oct 2 | 15°C | 8°C | 21°C 2013 | 1°C 1984 | 49% |
| Oct 3 | 14°C | 9°C | 19°C 1972 | 1°C 2019 | 49% |
| Oct 4 | 15°C | 8°C | 19°C 2002 | 1°C 1994 | 50% |
| Oct 5 | 14°C | 7°C | 20°C 2025 | 0°C 1999 | 50% |
| Oct 6 | 15°C | 8°C | 20°C 2013 | 0°C 1972 | 50% |
| Oct 7 | 15°C | 8°C | 20°C 1995 | 1°C 2012 | 50% |
| Oct 8 | 14°C | 7°C | 20°C 1979 | 1°C 1990 | 49% |
| Oct 9 | 14°C | 8°C | 20°C 1969 | 0°C 2012 | 49% |
| Oct 10 | 14°C | 8°C | 21°C 1978 | -1°C 2012 | 49% |
| Oct 11 | 14°C | 7°C | 18°C 2007 | 0°C 1980 | 47% |
| Oct 12 | 14°C | 8°C | 20°C 2017 | -3°C 1973 | 47% |
| Oct 13 | 14°C | 8°C | 18°C 1996 | -4°C 1971 | 48% |
| Oct 14 | 13°C | 7°C | 18°C 1969 | -3°C 1971 | 49% |
| Oct 15 | 13°C | 7°C | 18°C 1989 | -2°C 1971 | 50% |
| Oct 16 | 13°C | 6°C | 19°C 1969 | -2°C 1993 | 52% |
| Oct 17 | 13°C | 6°C | 19°C 1969 | -5°C 1993 | 53% |
| Oct 18 | 12°C | 5°C | 18°C 1977 | -3°C 1993 | 54% |
| Oct 19 | 13°C | 6°C | 18°C 1977 | -1°C 2002 | 54% |
| Oct 20 | 13°C | 6°C | 21°C 1977 | -3°C 2002 | 55% |
| Oct 21 | 13°C | 6°C | 17°C 1971 | -2°C 1983 | 55% |
| Oct 22 | 13°C | 6°C | 18°C 1996 | 0°C 1993 | 55% |
| Oct 23 | 12°C | 6°C | 18°C 1995 | 0°C 1987 | 56% |
| Oct 24 | 12°C | 6°C | 16°C 2013 | -1°C 1983 | 57% |
| Oct 25 | 13°C | 6°C | 17°C 2022 | -2°C 2010 | 56% |
| Oct 26 | 12°C | 6°C | 18°C 2022 | -2°C 1992 | 57% |
| Oct 27 | 12°C | 6°C | 22°C 2005 | -2°C 1971 | 57% |
| Oct 28 | 12°C | 6°C | 18°C 2005 | -2°C 1966 | 56% |
| Oct 29 | 12°C | 5°C | 18°C 1975 | -4°C 1997 | 56% |
| Oct 30 | 13°C | 5°C | 19°C 2014 | -3°C 1992 | 55% |
| Oct 31 | 12°C | 5°C | 16°C 1996 | -1°C 1988 | 54% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:16 AM, sunset 6:48 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:17 AM, sunset 4:35 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKE00105888, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.