Waterford weather in October

In October, Waterford sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 105 mm of rain across 13.8 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 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Waterford's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Waterford's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 105 mm; 13.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 7:03 AM – 5:24 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 6th clearest
Wind: 22 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 1.77 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

Waterford is city in Ireland.

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 10.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 1,445/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 Waterford reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 4°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)	15	15	14	14	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
Avg low (°C)	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	9	9	9

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

Waterford 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	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 5°	90	13.9	8	1.4
Feb	8° / 5°	67	11.5	9.5	1.4
Mar	9° / 6°	65	11.1	11.5	1.8
Apr	11° / 7°	66	11.4	13.6	2.5
May	13° / 9°	61	10.9	15.4	3.5
Jun	15° / 12°	67	10.3	16.4	4.5
Jul	17° / 13°	66	11.4	16	5.1
Aug	17° / 13°	75	10.9	14.5	5.2
Sep	16° / 12°	70	11.1	12.4	4.6
Oct	13° / 10°	105	13.8	10.3	3.4
Nov	11° / 7°	106	14.3	8.5	2.3
Dec	9° / 6°	96	13.7	7.6	1.6

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 15% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

	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 (%)	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	29
Cloudier (%)	74	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	71	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	71	72	72	73	73	72	72	72	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	29	71
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Waterford gets around 105 mm of rain over 13.8 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 48% 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	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	45	46	47	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48

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

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 91% 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 (%)	85	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	95	95	96	96	96
Comfortable (%)	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	85	15
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

Wind in October

Winds average 22 km/h in October.

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 24 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 6:37 AM to 7:31 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 4:53 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	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.5	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	9.6	9.5	9.4	9.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:37	6:38	6:40	6:42	6:44	6:45	6:47	6:49	6:51	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:58	7:00	7:02	7:03	7:05	7:07	7:09	7:11	7:13	7:14	7:16	7:18	7:20	7:22	7:24	7:25	7:27	7:29	7:31
Sunset (PM)	5:58	5:56	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:32	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:05	5:03	5:01	4:59	4:57	4:55	4:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:37	5:58
2	11.3	6:38	5:56
3	11.2	6:40	5:53
4	11.2	6:42	5:51
5	11.1	6:44	5:49
6	11.0	6:45	5:46
7	10.9	6:47	5:44
8	10.9	6:49	5:42
9	10.8	6:51	5:39
10	10.7	6:53	5:37
11	10.7	6:54	5:35
12	10.6	6:56	5:32
13	10.5	6:58	5:30
14	10.5	7:00	5:28
15	10.4	7:02	5:26
16	10.3	7:03	5:24
17	10.3	7:05	5:21
18	10.2	7:07	5:19
19	10.1	7:09	5:17
20	10.1	7:11	5:15
21	10.0	7:13	5:13
22	9.9	7:14	5:11
23	9.9	7:16	5:09
24	9.8	7:18	5:07
25	9.7	7:20	5:05
26	9.7	7:22	5:03
27	9.6	7:24	5:01
28	9.6	7:25	4:59
29	9.5	7:27	4:57
30	9.4	7:29	4:55
31	9.4	7:31	4:53

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 1.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 1.77 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	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	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	2.1	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	1.9	Dim
15	1.8	Dim
16	1.8	Dim
17	1.8	Dim
18	1.7	Dim
19	1.7	Dim
20	1.6	Dim
21	1.6	Dim
22	1.6	Dim
23	1.6	Dim
24	1.5	Dim
25	1.5	Dim
26	1.4	Dim
27	1.4	Dim
28	1.4	Dim
29	1.4	Dim
30	1.3	Dim
31	1.3	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Waterford?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Waterford.

What to pack for Waterford in October

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

In October, Waterford 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 Waterford 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 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in February near 9°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	9	9	10	11	14	15	16	15	14	12	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	9	Bracing
Feb	9	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	11	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	15	Cool
Aug	16	Cool
Sep	15	Cool
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	12	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Waterford 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 Waterford 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	4	5	6	5	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Waterford?

Waterford sits at 52.3°N, 7.1°W, 10 m above sea level, in Ireland. The nearest listed city is Cluain Meala, 42 km away.

Topography around Waterford

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Waterford has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 298 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 906 m.

The land around Waterford is covered by grassland (41%), artificial surfaces (24%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

93 m

grassland 41%

16 km

298 m

grassland 63%

80 km

906 m

grassland 52%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

October weather nearby: Cluain Meala 42 km · Kilkenny 45 km · Wexford 45 km · Carlow 66 km · Portlaoise 87 km · Douglas 100 km · Carrigaline 101 km · Cork 101 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 Waterford (52.2583°, -7.1119°, elevation 10 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	15	11
2	15	11
3	14	11
4	14	11
5	14	11
6	14	11
7	14	11
8	14	11
9	14	10
10	14	10
11	14	10
12	14	10
13	14	10
14	14	10
15	13	10
16	13	10
17	13	10
18	13	10
19	13	10
20	13	10
21	13	9
22	13	9
23	13	9
24	13	9
25	13	9
26	13	9
27	12	9
28	12	9
29	12	9
30	12	9
31	12	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	29	71
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	85	15
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	29	71
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	85	15
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	29	71
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	85	15
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4