Grande Prairie weather in October

In October, Grande Prairie sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 35 mm of precipitation across 7.3 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 4°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of October to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Grande Prairie's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Grande Prairie's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 8°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: -1°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 35 mm; 7.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 7:36 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 4th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 2.02 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.6; out of 10

Grande Prairie is city in Alberta, Canada.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 7 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 1,130/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1914

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 12°C in the first days to 4°C by the end.

A typical October day in Grande Prairie reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 0°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 8°C cooler than September and about 10°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)	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3
Avg low (°C)	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	-3	-3	-3	-4	-4	-4	-5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	3
2	13	2
3	12	2
4	12	2
5	12	2
6	11	1
7	11	1
8	11	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	0
12	10	0
13	9	0
14	9	0
15	9	0
16	8	-1
17	8	-1
18	8	-1
19	8	-1
20	7	-1
21	7	-2
22	7	-2
23	6	-2
24	6	-2
25	5	-3
26	5	-3
27	5	-3
28	4	-4
29	4	-4
30	4	-4
31	3	-5

How October really feels in Grande Prairie

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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

The story in October is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Grande Prairie weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-8° / -15°	28	7.7	8	7.5	0.0
Feb	-5° / -13°	16	4.8	5.7	9.2	0.0
Mar	0° / -9°	21	6.1	5.9	11.4	0.0
Apr	9° / -2°	25	6.2	2.8	13.8	2.0
May	16° / 4°	40	7.5	0.7	15.8	5.2
Jun	20° / 9°	73	11.3	0	17	5.9
Jul	22° / 11°	77	11.8	0	16.6	6.4
Aug	21° / 10°	47	8.9	0	14.8	6.7
Sep	16° / 5°	40	7.8	0.4	12.5	5.2
Oct	8° / -1°	35	7.3	2.8	10.2	1.6
Nov	-2° / -9°	31	8.3	7.1	8.1	0.0
Dec	-7° / -14°	22	6.3	6.5	7	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

	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 (%)	46	46	46	45	45	43	43	42	41	41	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38
Cloudier (%)	54	54	54	55	55	57	57	58	59	59	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	61	62	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	42	58
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	38	62
31	38	62

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Grande Prairie gets around 35 mm of rain and snow over 7.3 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 24% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

	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 (%)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	27	27
Snow chance (%)	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	18

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

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 (%)	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	100	100

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

Wind in October

Winds average 12 km/h in October, the windiest month of the year.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of October to 9 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 132 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:06 AM to 8:07 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 5:10 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)	11.3	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.2	9.1	9.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:06	7:08	7:10	7:12	7:14	7:16	7:18	7:20	7:22	7:24	7:26	7:28	7:30	7:32	7:34	7:36	7:38	7:40	7:42	7:44	7:46	7:48	7:50	7:52	7:55	7:57	7:59	8:01	8:03	8:05	8:07
Sunset (PM)	6:23	6:20	6:18	6:15	6:12	6:10	6:07	6:05	6:02	5:59	5:57	5:54	5:52	5:49	5:47	5:45	5:42	5:40	5:37	5:35	5:33	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:23	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	7:06	6:23
2	11.2	7:08	6:20
3	11.1	7:10	6:18
4	11.1	7:12	6:15
5	11.0	7:14	6:12
6	10.9	7:16	6:10
7	10.8	7:18	6:07
8	10.7	7:20	6:05
9	10.7	7:22	6:02
10	10.6	7:24	5:59
11	10.5	7:26	5:57
12	10.4	7:28	5:54
13	10.4	7:30	5:52
14	10.3	7:32	5:49
15	10.2	7:34	5:47
16	10.1	7:36	5:45
17	10.1	7:38	5:42
18	10.0	7:40	5:40
19	9.9	7:42	5:37
20	9.8	7:44	5:35
21	9.8	7:46	5:33
22	9.7	7:48	5:30
23	9.6	7:50	5:28
24	9.6	7:52	5:26
25	9.5	7:55	5:23
26	9.4	7:57	5:21
27	9.3	7:59	5:19
28	9.3	8:01	5:17
29	9.2	8:03	5:15
30	9.1	8:05	5:13
31	9.1	8:07	5:10

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 2.02 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	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	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

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

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Grande Prairie?

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

1.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Grande Prairie.

What to pack for Grande Prairie in October

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

In October, Grande Prairie sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Grande Prairie in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Grande Prairie peaks around July 15 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	2	3	5	6	7	5	3	2	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Moderate
Apr	3	Moderate
May	5	Moderate
Jun	6	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	2	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Grande Prairie?

Grande Prairie sits at 55.2°N, 118.8°W, 653 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Fort St. John, 176 km away.

Topography around Grande Prairie

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Grande Prairie has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 662 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 273 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,036 m.

The land around Grande Prairie is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) within 3 km, trees (33%), cropland (32%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

57 m

artificial surfaces 55%

16 km

273 m

trees 33%

80 km

1,036 m

trees 65%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen

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

October weather nearby: Fort St. John 176 km · Jasper 259 km · Prince George 290 km · Stony Plain 360 km · Spruce Grove 365 km · St. Albert 375 km · Wîhkwêntôwin 387 km · Edmonton 389 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 Grande Prairie (55.1667°, -118.8027°, elevation 653 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	13	3
2	13	2
3	12	2
4	12	2
5	12	2
6	11	1
7	11	1
8	11	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	0
12	10	0
13	9	0
14	9	0
15	9	0
16	8	-1
17	8	-1
18	8	-1
19	8	-1
20	7	-1
21	7	-2
22	7	-2
23	6	-2
24	6	-2
25	5	-3
26	5	-3
27	5	-3
28	4	-4
29	4	-4
30	4	-4
31	3	-5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	42	58
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	38	62
31	38	62

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

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	3
2	13	2
3	12	2
4	12	2
5	12	2
6	11	1
7	11	1
8	11	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	0
12	10	0
13	9	0
14	9	0
15	9	0
16	8	-1
17	8	-1
18	8	-1
19	8	-1
20	7	-1
21	7	-2
22	7	-2
23	6	-2
24	6	-2
25	5	-3
26	5	-3
27	5	-3
28	4	-4
29	4	-4
30	4	-4
31	3	-5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	42	58
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	38	62
31	38	62

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

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	3
2	13	2
3	12	2
4	12	2
5	12	2
6	11	1
7	11	1
8	11	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	0
12	10	0
13	9	0
14	9	0
15	9	0
16	8	-1
17	8	-1
18	8	-1
19	8	-1
20	7	-1
21	7	-2
22	7	-2
23	6	-2
24	6	-2
25	5	-3
26	5	-3
27	5	-3
28	4	-4
29	4	-4
30	4	-4
31	3	-5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	42	58
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	38	62
31	38	62

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

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