Chilliwack weather in October

In October, Chilliwack sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 256 mm of precipitation across 17.4 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 8°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Chilliwack's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chilliwack's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 256 mm; 17.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 6:38 AM – 5:08 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 5th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 1.97 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.4; out of 10

Chilliwack is city in British Columbia, Canada.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 6 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 388/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 8°C by the end.

A typical October day in Chilliwack reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 6°C cooler than September and about 6°C warmer than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Avg low (°C)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	7
2	15	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	6
7	13	6
8	13	6
9	13	5
10	12	5
11	12	5
12	12	5
13	12	5
14	12	5
15	11	5
16	11	5
17	11	4
18	11	4
19	11	4
20	10	4
21	10	4
22	10	4
23	10	4
24	10	3
25	9	3
26	9	3
27	9	3
28	9	3
29	8	3
30	8	3
31	8	2

How October really feels in Chilliwack

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Chilliwack weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	2° / -2°	342	19.7	15.8	8.5	0.0
Feb	4° / -2°	212	16.3	12.4	9.8	0.0
Mar	6° / -1°	263	20	14.5	11.6	0.5
Apr	10° / 2°	172	17.3	7.3	13.4	1.9
May	15° / 6°	122	14.8	2	15	3.9
Jun	17° / 8°	102	14.4	0.1	15.9	4.8
Jul	21° / 11°	61	8.8	0	15.6	6.7
Aug	21° / 11°	74	8.6	0	14.2	6.8
Sep	17° / 8°	124	11.1	0	12.4	5.5
Oct	11° / 5°	256	17.4	2.2	10.5	2.4
Nov	5° / 1°	372	20.5	12.1	8.9	0.2
Dec	2° / -2°	325	20	16.8	8.1	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	41	40	39	37	35	34	34	33	32	31	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	24	24	24	24	23	22	22	21
Cloudier (%)	59	60	61	63	65	66	66	67	68	69	71	71	71	71	72	72	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	76	76	76	76	77	78	78	79

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	37	63
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	31	69
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	27	73
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	23	77
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	21	79

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Chilliwack gets around 256 mm of rain and snow over 17.4 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 56% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	41	42	43	44	46	47	49	50	51	53	54	56	57	58	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	62
Snow chance (%)	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	17

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	1
2	42	1
3	43	2
4	44	2
5	46	2
6	47	3
7	49	3
8	50	3
9	51	4
10	53	4
11	54	4
12	56	5
13	57	6
14	58	6
15	59	7
16	59	8
17	60	8
18	60	9
19	60	9
20	61	10
21	61	10
22	61	11
23	61	11
24	61	12
25	61	13
26	61	13
27	62	14
28	62	15
29	62	15
30	62	16
31	62	17

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in October

Winds average 5 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
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22	5	calm
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24	5	calm
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26	5	calm
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30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 102 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:14 AM to 7:02 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 4:41 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:14	6:16	6:17	6:19	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:25	6:26	6:28	6:30	6:31	6:33	6:34	6:36	6:38	6:39	6:41	6:42	6:44	6:46	6:47	6:49	6:50	6:52	6:54	6:55	6:57	6:59	7:00	7:02
Sunset (PM)	5:40	5:37	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:27	5:25	5:22	5:20	5:18	5:16	5:14	5:12	5:10	5:08	5:06	5:04	5:02	5:00	4:59	4:57	4:55	4:53	4:51	4:49	4:48	4:46	4:44	4:43	4:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:14	5:40
2	11.4	6:16	5:37
3	11.3	6:17	5:35
4	11.2	6:19	5:33
5	11.2	6:20	5:31
6	11.1	6:22	5:29
7	11.1	6:23	5:27
8	11.0	6:25	5:25
9	10.9	6:26	5:22
10	10.9	6:28	5:20
11	10.8	6:30	5:18
12	10.8	6:31	5:16
13	10.7	6:33	5:14
14	10.6	6:34	5:12
15	10.6	6:36	5:10
16	10.5	6:38	5:08
17	10.5	6:39	5:06
18	10.4	6:41	5:04
19	10.3	6:42	5:02
20	10.3	6:44	5:00
21	10.2	6:46	4:59
22	10.2	6:47	4:57
23	10.1	6:49	4:55
24	10.0	6:50	4:53
25	10.0	6:52	4:51
26	9.9	6:54	4:49
27	9.9	6:55	4:48
28	9.8	6:57	4:46
29	9.8	6:59	4:44
30	9.7	7:00	4:43
31	9.7	7:02	4:41

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 1.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.77 kWh/m² to a high of 5.91 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 1.97 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.8	Moderate
2	2.8	Moderate
3	2.7	Moderate
4	2.6	Moderate
5	2.6	Moderate
6	2.5	Moderate
7	2.4	Moderate
8	2.4	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.2	Moderate
11	2.2	Moderate
12	2.1	Moderate
13	2.1	Moderate
14	2.0	Moderate
15	2.0	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	1.9	Dim
18	1.8	Dim
19	1.8	Dim
20	1.8	Dim
21	1.7	Dim
22	1.7	Dim
23	1.7	Dim
24	1.6	Dim
25	1.6	Dim
26	1.6	Dim
27	1.5	Dim
28	1.5	Dim
29	1.5	Dim
30	1.4	Dim
31	1.4	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Chilliwack

In seasonPeak

In October, Chilliwack sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Chilliwack's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Chilliwack?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.4

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chilliwack.

What to pack for Chilliwack in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Chilliwack sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Chilliwack in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chilliwack peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	4	4	7	6	8	6	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Chilliwack?

Chilliwack sits at 49.2°N, 122.0°W, 11 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Chilliwack-Downtown, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Chilliwack

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Chilliwack.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chilliwack has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,683 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,275 m.

The land around Chilliwack is covered by grassland (29%), trees (26%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, trees (62%) within 16 km, and trees (72%) within 80 km.

3 km

131 m

grassland 29%

16 km

1,683 m

trees 62%

80 km

3,275 m

trees 72%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater

← September Chilliwack year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Chilliwack-Downtown 1.0 km · Vedder Crossing 7.0 km · Abbotsford 25 km · Mission 26 km · Townline 32 km · Haney 47 km · Maple Ridge 48 km · Walnut Grove 50 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 83% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $55,698; 2025
Happiness: 6.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Chilliwack (49.1664°, -121.9526°, elevation 11 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	7
2	15	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	6
7	13	6
8	13	6
9	13	5
10	12	5
11	12	5
12	12	5
13	12	5
14	12	5
15	11	5
16	11	5
17	11	4
18	11	4
19	11	4
20	10	4
21	10	4
22	10	4
23	10	4
24	10	3
25	9	3
26	9	3
27	9	3
28	9	3
29	8	3
30	8	3
31	8	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	37	63
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	31	69
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	27	73
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	23	77
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	1
2	42	1
3	43	2
4	44	2
5	46	2
6	47	3
7	49	3
8	50	3
9	51	4
10	53	4
11	54	4
12	56	5
13	57	6
14	58	6
15	59	7
16	59	8
17	60	8
18	60	9
19	60	9
20	61	10
21	61	10
22	61	11
23	61	11
24	61	12
25	61	13
26	61	13
27	62	14
28	62	15
29	62	15
30	62	16
31	62	17

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	7
2	15	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	6
7	13	6
8	13	6
9	13	5
10	12	5
11	12	5
12	12	5
13	12	5
14	12	5
15	11	5
16	11	5
17	11	4
18	11	4
19	11	4
20	10	4
21	10	4
22	10	4
23	10	4
24	10	3
25	9	3
26	9	3
27	9	3
28	9	3
29	8	3
30	8	3
31	8	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	37	63
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	31	69
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	27	73
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	23	77
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	1
2	42	1
3	43	2
4	44	2
5	46	2
6	47	3
7	49	3
8	50	3
9	51	4
10	53	4
11	54	4
12	56	5
13	57	6
14	58	6
15	59	7
16	59	8
17	60	8
18	60	9
19	60	9
20	61	10
21	61	10
22	61	11
23	61	11
24	61	12
25	61	13
26	61	13
27	62	14
28	62	15
29	62	15
30	62	16
31	62	17

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	7
2	15	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	6
7	13	6
8	13	6
9	13	5
10	12	5
11	12	5
12	12	5
13	12	5
14	12	5
15	11	5
16	11	5
17	11	4
18	11	4
19	11	4
20	10	4
21	10	4
22	10	4
23	10	4
24	10	3
25	9	3
26	9	3
27	9	3
28	9	3
29	8	3
30	8	3
31	8	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	37	63
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	31	69
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	27	73
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	23	77
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	1
2	42	1
3	43	2
4	44	2
5	46	2
6	47	3
7	49	3
8	50	3
9	51	4
10	53	4
11	54	4
12	56	5
13	57	6
14	58	6
15	59	7
16	59	8
17	60	8
18	60	9
19	60	9
20	61	10
21	61	10
22	61	11
23	61	11
24	61	12
25	61	13
26	61	13
27	62	14
28	62	15
29	62	15
30	62	16
31	62	17

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0