Bray weather in October

In October, Bray sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 92 mm of rain across 13.7 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Bray's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bray's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 92 mm; 13.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 7:01 AM – 5:18 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 6th clearest
Wind: 24 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 1.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.2; out of 10

Bray is town in County Wicklow, Ireland.

Density: 4,439/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 12°C by the end.

A typical October day in Bray reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C cooler than September and about 3°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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Bray weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-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° / 5°	81	14.7	0.5	7.9	1.2
Feb	8° / 5°	64	12.7	0.9	9.4	1.1
Mar	9° / 6°	62	12.2	0.5	11.5	1.5
Apr	10° / 7°	61	12.7	0.1	13.6	2.1
May	12° / 9°	58	12.3	0	15.6	3.0
Jun	14° / 11°	68	11.6	0	16.6	4.0
Jul	16° / 13°	71	13.6	0	16.2	4.5
Aug	17° / 13°	75	13	0	14.5	4.7
Sep	15° / 12°	75	12.5	0	12.4	4.2
Oct	13° / 10°	92	13.7	0	10.3	3.2
Nov	11° / 8°	107	15.3	0.1	8.4	2.1
Dec	9° / 6°	90	13.9	0.4	7.4	1.5

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

	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 (%)	28	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	32	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31
Cloudier (%)	72	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	68	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	69	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	31	69
31	31	69

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Bray gets around 92 mm of rain over 13.7 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 44% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	44	45	46	46	47	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	43
4	43
5	42
6	42
7	41
8	41
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	44
19	45
20	46
21	46
22	47
23	48
24	48
25	48
26	49
27	49
28	49
29	49
30	49
31	49

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 95% 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 (%)	90	91	91	92	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in October

Winds average 24 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 25 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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 120 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:33 AM to 7:30 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 4:46 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	11.3	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.1	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:33	6:35	6:37	6:39	6:41	6:42	6:44	6:46	6:48	6:50	6:52	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:59	7:01	7:03	7:05	7:07	7:09	7:11	7:13	7:14	7:16	7:18	7:20	7:22	7:24	7:26	7:28	7:30
Sunset (PM)	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:46	5:44	5:41	5:39	5:36	5:34	5:32	5:29	5:27	5:25	5:22	5:20	5:18	5:15	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:04	5:02	5:00	4:58	4:56	4:54	4:52	4:50	4:48	4:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:33	5:53
2	11.3	6:35	5:51
3	11.2	6:37	5:49
4	11.1	6:39	5:46
5	11.1	6:41	5:44
6	11.0	6:42	5:41
7	10.9	6:44	5:39
8	10.8	6:46	5:36
9	10.8	6:48	5:34
10	10.7	6:50	5:32
11	10.6	6:52	5:29
12	10.6	6:54	5:27
13	10.5	6:56	5:25
14	10.4	6:57	5:22
15	10.3	6:59	5:20
16	10.3	7:01	5:18
17	10.2	7:03	5:15
18	10.1	7:05	5:13
19	10.1	7:07	5:11
20	10.0	7:09	5:09
21	9.9	7:11	5:07
22	9.9	7:13	5:04
23	9.8	7:14	5:02
24	9.7	7:16	5:00
25	9.7	7:18	4:58
26	9.6	7:20	4:56
27	9.5	7:22	4:54
28	9.5	7:24	4:52
29	9.4	7:26	4:50
30	9.3	7:28	4:48
31	9.3	7:30	4:46

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 1.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.57 kWh/m² to a high of 5.44 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 1.76 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)	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	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	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3
Level	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	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

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

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Bray?

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

3.2

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bray.

What to pack for Bray in October

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

In October, Bray sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Bray in October

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 17 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in March near 8°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	8	8	9	10	12	14	15	15	14	12	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	9	Bracing
Feb	8	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	9	Bracing
May	10	Bracing
Jun	12	Bracing
Jul	14	Bracing
Aug	15	Bracing
Sep	15	Bracing
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	12	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Bray 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 Bray peaks around August 13 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 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)	1	1	3	3	5	6	5	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	3	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	5	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Bray?

Bray sits at 53.2°N, 6.1°W, 7 m above sea level, in Ireland. The nearest listed city is Greystones, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Bray

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bray has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 226 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 747 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 946 m.

The land around Bray is covered by water (43%) within 3 km, water (50%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

226 m

water 43%

16 km

747 m

water 50%

80 km

946 m

grassland 47%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

October weather nearby: Greystones 7.0 km · Dún Laoghaire 10 km · Sandyford 12 km · Rathfarnham 16 km · Templeogue 17 km · Dublin 18 km · South Dublin 19 km · Tallaght 21 km

Ireland travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 85% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $131,592; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 96%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.1; 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 Bray (53.2028°, -6.0983°, elevation 7 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	14	11
2	14	11
3	14	11
4	14	11
5	14	11
6	14	11
7	14	11
8	14	11
9	14	11
10	14	11
11	13	11
12	13	10
13	13	10
14	13	10
15	13	10
16	13	10
17	13	10
18	13	10
19	13	10
20	13	10
21	13	10
22	13	10
23	12	10
24	12	9
25	12	9
26	12	9
27	12	9
28	12	9
29	12	9
30	12	9
31	12	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	43
4	43
5	42
6	42
7	41
8	41
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	44
19	45
20	46
21	46
22	47
23	48
24	48
25	48
26	49
27	49
28	49
29	49
30	49
31	49

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	43
4	43
5	42
6	42
7	41
8	41
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	44
19	45
20	46
21	46
22	47
23	48
24	48
25	48
26	49
27	49
28	49
29	49
30	49
31	49

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	43
4	43
5	42
6	42
7	41
8	41
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	44
19	45
20	46
21	46
22	47
23	48
24	48
25	48
26	49
27	49
28	49
29	49
30	49
31	49

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2