Stanley weather in October

In October, Stanley sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 41 mm of precipitation across 10.1 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of October to 14 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Stanley's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Stanley's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 7°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 41 mm; 10.1 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 36 min; 5:48 AM – 7:25 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 6th clearest
Wind: 30 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.0; out of 10

Stanley is capital of the Falkland Islands.

Founded: 1843

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month.

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

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

How October really feels in Stanley

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.

Stanley weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 8°	62	13.1	0	15.9	2.7
Feb	12° / 9°	53	11.9	0	14.4	2.7
Mar	11° / 8°	55	12.1	0	12.5	2.4
Apr	9° / 6°	51	12.5	0.2	10.4	1.6
May	7° / 5°	48	12	0.5	8.6	0.9
Jun	5° / 3°	47	12.3	2.4	7.7	0.2
Jul	5° / 3°	49	12.3	3.4	8.1	0.0
Aug	5° / 3°	39	10.3	2	9.6	0.1
Sep	6° / 3°	37	9.9	1.5	11.6	0.3
Oct	7° / 5°	41	10.1	0.6	13.6	1.0
Nov	9° / 6°	50	11.5	0.1	15.4	1.6
Dec	10° / 7°	67	14.2	0	16.3	2.1

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

	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 (%)	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	36	37	38	38	39	39	38	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	40	40	40	40
Cloudier (%)	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	64	63	62	62	61	61	62	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	60	60	60	60

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

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Stanley gets around 41 mm of rain and snow over 10.1 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 33% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings 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 (%)	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	37	37	38
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	2
2	31	2
3	31	2
4	31	2
5	31	2
6	31	2
7	32	2
8	32	2
9	32	2
10	32	2
11	32	2
12	32	2
13	32	2
14	32	2
15	32	2
16	32	2
17	32	2
18	32	2
19	32	2
20	33	2
21	33	2
22	33	2
23	33	2
24	34	2
25	34	2
26	35	2
27	35	1
28	36	1
29	37	1
30	37	1
31	38	1

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 30 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 29 km/h on the calmest days to 30 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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29
Feels	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of October to 14 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 120 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 7:52 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)	12.6	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:12	6:10	6:08	6:05	6:03	6:01	5:59	5:56	5:54	5:52	5:50	5:48	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:27	5:25	5:23	5:21	5:19	5:18
Sunset (PM)	6:59	7:01	7:03	7:04	7:06	7:08	7:10	7:11	7:13	7:15	7:17	7:18	7:20	7:22	7:24	7:25	7:27	7:29	7:31	7:33	7:34	7:36	7:38	7:40	7:42	7:43	7:45	7:47	7:49	7:51	7:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:22	6:59
2	12.7	6:19	7:01
3	12.8	6:17	7:03
4	12.8	6:15	7:04
5	12.9	6:12	7:06
6	13.0	6:10	7:08
7	13.0	6:08	7:10
8	13.1	6:05	7:11
9	13.2	6:03	7:13
10	13.2	6:01	7:15
11	13.3	5:59	7:17
12	13.4	5:56	7:18
13	13.4	5:54	7:20
14	13.5	5:52	7:22
15	13.6	5:50	7:24
16	13.6	5:48	7:25
17	13.7	5:45	7:27
18	13.8	5:43	7:29
19	13.8	5:41	7:31
20	13.9	5:39	7:33
21	14.0	5:37	7:34
22	14.0	5:35	7:36
23	14.1	5:33	7:38
24	14.1	5:31	7:40
25	14.2	5:29	7:42
26	14.3	5:27	7:43
27	14.3	5:25	7:45
28	14.4	5:23	7:47
29	14.5	5:21	7:49
30	14.5	5:19	7:51
31	14.6	5:18	7:52

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.58 kWh/m² in December across the year — October's 4.5 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)	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	4.0	Moderate
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Stanley?

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

1.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Stanley.

What to pack for Stanley in October

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

In October, Stanley sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer and a windbreaker. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

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Sea temperature near Stanley in October

The nearest coast averages about 6°C in October — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 18 km away) is warmest in February at about 10°C and coldest in August near 5°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	9	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	6	7	8
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	9	Bracing
Feb	10	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	8	Bracing
May	7	Bracing
Jun	6	Bracing
Jul	6	Bracing
Aug	5	Bracing
Sep	5	Bracing
Oct	6	Bracing
Nov	7	Bracing
Dec	8	Bracing

UV index in Stanley in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Stanley peaks around December 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 1 (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)	9	8	4	2	1	1	1	1	2	5	6	9
Level	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	2	Moderate
May	1	Low
Jun	1	Low
Jul	1	Low
Aug	1	Low
Sep	2	Moderate
Oct	5	High
Nov	6	High
Dec	9	Very high

Location & terrain

Where is Stanley?

Stanley sits at 51.7°S, 57.9°W, 28 m above sea level, in Falkland Islands. The nearest listed city is Río Grande, 702 km away.

Topography around Stanley

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Stanley has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 306 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 695 m.

The land around Stanley is covered by grassland (66%) and water (31%) within 3 km, water (64%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and water (62%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

131 m

grassland 66%

16 km

306 m

water 64%

80 km

695 m

water 62%

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

October weather nearby: Río Grande 702 km · Puerto Deseado 725 km · Ushuaia 776 km · Río Gallegos 785 km · Punta Arenas 899 km · Pico Truncado 912 km · Caleta Olivia 913 km · Comodoro Rivadavia 957 km

Falkland Islands travel facts

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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 Stanley (-51.6938°, -57.857°, elevation 28 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	6	4
2	6	4
3	7	4
4	7	4
5	7	4
6	7	4
7	7	4
8	7	4
9	7	4
10	7	4
11	7	4
12	7	4
13	7	4
14	7	4
15	7	5
16	7	5
17	7	5
18	7	5
19	7	5
20	7	5
21	7	5
22	8	5
23	8	5
24	8	5
25	8	5
26	8	5
27	8	5
28	8	5
29	8	5
30	8	5
31	8	5

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	2
2	31	2
3	31	2
4	31	2
5	31	2
6	31	2
7	32	2
8	32	2
9	32	2
10	32	2
11	32	2
12	32	2
13	32	2
14	32	2
15	32	2
16	32	2
17	32	2
18	32	2
19	32	2
20	33	2
21	33	2
22	33	2
23	33	2
24	34	2
25	34	2
26	35	2
27	35	1
28	36	1
29	37	1
30	37	1
31	38	1

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	2
2	31	2
3	31	2
4	31	2
5	31	2
6	31	2
7	32	2
8	32	2
9	32	2
10	32	2
11	32	2
12	32	2
13	32	2
14	32	2
15	32	2
16	32	2
17	32	2
18	32	2
19	32	2
20	33	2
21	33	2
22	33	2
23	33	2
24	34	2
25	34	2
26	35	2
27	35	1
28	36	1
29	37	1
30	37	1
31	38	1

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	2
2	31	2
3	31	2
4	31	2
5	31	2
6	31	2
7	32	2
8	32	2
9	32	2
10	32	2
11	32	2
12	32	2
13	32	2
14	32	2
15	32	2
16	32	2
17	32	2
18	32	2
19	32	2
20	33	2
21	33	2
22	33	2
23	33	2
24	34	2
25	34	2
26	35	2
27	35	1
28	36	1
29	37	1
30	37	1
31	38	1

	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