Prince George weather in October

In October, Prince George sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 76 mm of precipitation across 13.7 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 5°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Prince George's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Prince George's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 76 mm; 13.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 6:49 AM – 5:03 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 8th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 1.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.6; out of 10

Prince George is city in British Columbia, Canada.

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 16 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 248/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1807

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 5°C by the end.

A typical October day in Prince George reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 8°C cooler than September and about 8°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	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2

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

How October really feels in Prince George

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 28 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.

Prince George weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-4° / -11°	54	12.1	11.1	7.7	0.0
Feb	-1° / -9°	30	8.3	7.3	9.4	0.0
Mar	5° / -5°	35	9.3	6.3	11.5	0.4
Apr	11° / 0°	38	9	2.1	13.7	2.8
May	17° / 5°	40	9	0.5	15.7	5.3
Jun	20° / 9°	53	10	0	16.8	6.1
Jul	23° / 11°	53	10	0	16.3	6.8
Aug	22° / 10°	41	8.3	0	14.6	6.9
Sep	17° / 6°	54	9.8	0.1	12.5	5.2
Oct	9° / 1°	76	13.7	2.8	10.2	1.6
Nov	1° / -5°	67	13.7	9.8	8.3	0.0
Dec	-3° / -9°	46	10.3	10.4	7.2	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

	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 (%)	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	31
Cloudier (%)	60	61	61	62	62	63	63	64	65	66	66	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	69	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	31	69
31	31	69

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Prince George gets around 76 mm of rain and snow over 13.7 wet days in October, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 44% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days, and about 3 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 (%)	36	36	37	38	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47
Snow chance (%)	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	18	20

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	1
2	36	2
3	37	2
4	38	2
5	38	3
6	39	3
7	40	4
8	41	5
9	42	5
10	43	6
11	44	7
12	44	7
13	45	8
14	45	9
15	45	9
16	46	10
17	46	10
18	46	11
19	46	11
20	46	12
21	46	12
22	46	13
23	47	13
24	47	14
25	47	14
26	47	15
27	47	15
28	47	16
29	47	17
30	47	18
31	47	20

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 9 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of October to 9 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 126 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:20 AM to 7:19 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 4:30 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	11.2	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:20	6:22	6:24	6:26	6:28	6:30	6:32	6:34	6:36	6:38	6:39	6:41	6:43	6:45	6:47	6:49	6:51	6:53	6:55	6:57	6:59	7:01	7:03	7:05	7:07	7:09	7:11	7:13	7:15	7:17	7:19
Sunset (PM)	5:40	5:37	5:35	5:32	5:30	5:27	5:25	5:22	5:20	5:17	5:15	5:12	5:10	5:08	5:05	5:03	5:01	4:58	4:56	4:54	4:52	4:49	4:47	4:45	4:43	4:41	4:39	4:36	4:34	4:32	4:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:20	5:40
2	11.2	6:22	5:37
3	11.2	6:24	5:35
4	11.1	6:26	5:32
5	11.0	6:28	5:30
6	11.0	6:30	5:27
7	10.9	6:32	5:25
8	10.8	6:34	5:22
9	10.7	6:36	5:20
10	10.7	6:38	5:17
11	10.6	6:39	5:15
12	10.5	6:41	5:12
13	10.4	6:43	5:10
14	10.4	6:45	5:08
15	10.3	6:47	5:05
16	10.2	6:49	5:03
17	10.2	6:51	5:01
18	10.1	6:53	4:58
19	10.0	6:55	4:56
20	9.9	6:57	4:54
21	9.9	6:59	4:52
22	9.8	7:01	4:49
23	9.7	7:03	4:47
24	9.7	7:05	4:45
25	9.6	7:07	4:43
26	9.5	7:09	4:41
27	9.5	7:11	4:39
28	9.4	7:13	4:36
29	9.3	7:15	4:34
30	9.3	7:17	4:32
31	9.2	7:19	4:30

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 1.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.64 kWh/m² to a high of 6.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 1.93 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)	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.3	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	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3
Level	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	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.7	Moderate
2	2.6	Moderate
3	2.6	Moderate
4	2.5	Moderate
5	2.5	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.3	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.2	Moderate
10	2.2	Moderate
11	2.1	Moderate
12	2.1	Moderate
13	2.0	Moderate
14	2.0	Dim
15	1.9	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	1.8	Dim
18	1.8	Dim
19	1.8	Dim
20	1.7	Dim
21	1.7	Dim
22	1.6	Dim
23	1.6	Dim
24	1.6	Dim
25	1.5	Dim
26	1.5	Dim
27	1.5	Dim
28	1.4	Dim
29	1.4	Dim
30	1.4	Dim
31	1.3	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Prince George?

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

7th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Prince George.

What to pack for Prince George in October

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

In October, Prince George sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Prince George 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 Prince George peaks around July 13 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 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	3	3	2	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	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	High
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	2	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Air quality in Prince George in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Prince George is worst in October — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 18.9× the cleanest month (January, 2 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Prince George's WHO annual average of 16 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	2	3	5	5	25	6	27	20	19	37	37	6
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	2	Good
Feb	3	Good
Mar	5	Good
Apr	5	Good
May	25	Moderate
Jun	6	Good
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	37	Poor
Nov	37	Poor
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Prince George?

Prince George sits at 53.9°N, 122.8°W, 578 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Fort St. John, 286 km away.

Topography around Prince George

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Prince George has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 160 m around an average of 603 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 412 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,438 m.

The land around Prince George is covered by trees (42%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, trees (73%) within 16 km, and trees (87%) within 80 km.

3 km

160 m

trees 42%

16 km

412 m

trees 73%

80 km

1,438 m

trees 87%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

October weather nearby: Fort St. John 286 km · Grande Prairie 290 km · Jasper 330 km · Terrace 386 km · Brocklehurst 391 km · Kamloops 397 km · Whistler 423 km · Salmon Arm 429 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 Prince George (53.9166°, -122.753°, elevation 578 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	3
3	13	3
4	12	3
5	12	2
6	12	2
7	11	2
8	11	2
9	11	2
10	10	1
11	10	1
12	10	1
13	10	1
14	9	1
15	9	1
16	9	1
17	9	1
18	8	0
19	8	0
20	8	0
21	8	0
22	7	0
23	7	0
24	7	0
25	7	-1
26	6	-1
27	6	-1
28	6	-1
29	5	-1
30	5	-1
31	5	-2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	1
2	36	2
3	37	2
4	38	2
5	38	3
6	39	3
7	40	4
8	41	5
9	42	5
10	43	6
11	44	7
12	44	7
13	45	8
14	45	9
15	45	9
16	46	10
17	46	10
18	46	11
19	46	11
20	46	12
21	46	12
22	46	13
23	47	13
24	47	14
25	47	14
26	47	15
27	47	15
28	47	16
29	47	17
30	47	18
31	47	20

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	1
2	36	2
3	37	2
4	38	2
5	38	3
6	39	3
7	40	4
8	41	5
9	42	5
10	43	6
11	44	7
12	44	7
13	45	8
14	45	9
15	45	9
16	46	10
17	46	10
18	46	11
19	46	11
20	46	12
21	46	12
22	46	13
23	47	13
24	47	14
25	47	14
26	47	15
27	47	15
28	47	16
29	47	17
30	47	18
31	47	20

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	1
2	36	2
3	37	2
4	38	2
5	38	3
6	39	3
7	40	4
8	41	5
9	42	5
10	43	6
11	44	7
12	44	7
13	45	8
14	45	9
15	45	9
16	46	10
17	46	10
18	46	11
19	46	11
20	46	12
21	46	12
22	46	13
23	47	13
24	47	14
25	47	14
26	47	15
27	47	15
28	47	16
29	47	17
30	47	18
31	47	20

	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