Belfast weather in October

In October, Belfast sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 77 mm of rain across 11.8 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of October to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Belfast's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Belfast's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 77 mm; 11.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 5:26 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 7th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 6.28 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

Belfast is town in South Africa.

Founded: 1890

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical October day in Belfast reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with 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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12

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

How October really feels in Belfast

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

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Belfast weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 14°	140	17	13.4	5.9
Feb	24° / 14°	102	12.3	12.9	6.4
Mar	23° / 12°	97	11.8	12.2	6.7
Apr	21° / 10°	47	6.6	11.4	7.2
May	19° / 6°	14	2.5	10.8	7.8
Jun	17° / 3°	5	0.9	10.4	7.2
Jul	17° / 3°	6	0.8	10.6	7.2
Aug	19° / 5°	11	1.9	11.1	8.2
Sep	23° / 9°	22	4.2	11.8	8.2
Oct	23° / 11°	77	11.8	12.6	6.8
Nov	23° / 12°	122	15.6	13.3	5.9
Dec	24° / 13°	155	18.9	13.6	5.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	74	74	72	72	70	70	68	68	67	66	65	64	63	63	63	61	61	60	59	59	58	58	58	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	57
Cloudier (%)	26	26	28	28	30	30	32	32	33	34	35	36	37	37	37	39	39	40	41	41	42	42	42	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	67	33
10	66	34
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	60	40
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	57	43

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Belfast gets around 77 mm of rain over 11.8 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 38% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days. 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 (%)	28	29	30	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	44	44	45	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	29
3	30
4	31
5	32
6	32
7	33
8	33
9	34
10	34
11	35
12	35
13	36
14	37
15	37
16	38
17	38
18	39
19	39
20	40
21	41
22	41
23	42
24	42
25	43
26	43
27	44
28	44
29	44
30	45
31	45

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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	94	93	93	92	92	91	90	89	88	87	86
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	14

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	94	6
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	90	10
28	89	11
29	88	12
30	87	13
31	86	14

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	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
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31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of October to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 5:14 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 6:12 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)	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14
Sunset (PM)	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:42	5:56
2	12.3	5:41	5:56
3	12.3	5:40	5:57
4	12.3	5:38	5:57
5	12.3	5:37	5:58
6	12.4	5:36	5:58
7	12.4	5:35	5:59
8	12.4	5:34	5:59
9	12.4	5:33	6:00
10	12.5	5:32	6:00
11	12.5	5:31	6:01
12	12.5	5:30	6:01
13	12.5	5:29	6:02
14	12.6	5:28	6:02
15	12.6	5:27	6:03
16	12.6	5:26	6:03
17	12.6	5:26	6:04
18	12.7	5:25	6:04
19	12.7	5:24	6:05
20	12.7	5:23	6:06
21	12.7	5:22	6:06
22	12.8	5:21	6:07
23	12.8	5:20	6:07
24	12.8	5:20	6:08
25	12.8	5:19	6:09
26	12.9	5:18	6:09
27	12.9	5:17	6:10
28	12.9	5:17	6:10
29	12.9	5:16	6:11
30	12.9	5:15	6:12
31	13.0	5:14	6:12

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 6.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.98 kWh/m² to a high of 6.39 kWh/m² in December across the year — October's 6.28 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.2	Intense
2	6.2	Intense
3	6.2	Intense
4	6.2	Intense
5	6.2	Intense
6	6.3	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.3	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense
31	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Belfast

In seasonPeak

In October, Belfast sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Belfast's rainy season runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Belfast?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

5.4

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Belfast for sightseeing.

What to pack for Belfast in October

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

In October, Belfast sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Belfast in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Belfast peaks around January 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	14	13	8	7	6	6	8	10	11	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Belfast 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 Belfast is worst in August — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.8× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	10	11	13	16	21	24	30	32	27	18	13	9
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	30	Moderate
Aug	32	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Belfast?

Belfast sits at 25.7°S, 30.0°E, 1,873 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Carolina, 43 km away.

Topography around Belfast

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Belfast has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 1,882 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 440 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,596 m.

The land around Belfast is covered by grassland (58%) within 3 km, grassland (71%) within 16 km, and grassland (63%) within 80 km.

3 km

97 m

grassland 58%

16 km

440 m

grassland 71%

80 km

1,596 m

grassland 63%

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

October weather nearby: Carolina 43 km · Middelburg 58 km · Hendrina 61 km · Breyten 68 km · Lydenburg 78 km · Emalahleni 83 km · Nhlazatje 85 km · Lukwatini 89 km

South Africa travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / M / N; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,598; 2025
Happiness: 5.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 68%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 43.7; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 22.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 602
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 Belfast (-25.6899°, 30.035°, elevation 1,873 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	23	10
2	23	10
3	23	10
4	23	10
5	23	10
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	10
9	23	10
10	23	10
11	23	10
12	23	10
13	23	10
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	23	11
29	23	11
30	23	12
31	23	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	67	33
10	66	34
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	60	40
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	29
3	30
4	31
5	32
6	32
7	33
8	33
9	34
10	34
11	35
12	35
13	36
14	37
15	37
16	38
17	38
18	39
19	39
20	40
21	41
22	41
23	42
24	42
25	43
26	43
27	44
28	44
29	44
30	45
31	45

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	94	6
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	90	10
28	89	11
29	88	12
30	87	13
31	86	14

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	67	33
10	66	34
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	60	40
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	29
3	30
4	31
5	32
6	32
7	33
8	33
9	34
10	34
11	35
12	35
13	36
14	37
15	37
16	38
17	38
18	39
19	39
20	40
21	41
22	41
23	42
24	42
25	43
26	43
27	44
28	44
29	44
30	45
31	45

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	94	6
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	90	10
28	89	11
29	88	12
30	87	13
31	86	14

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	67	33
10	66	34
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	60	40
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	29
3	30
4	31
5	32
6	32
7	33
8	33
9	34
10	34
11	35
12	35
13	36
14	37
15	37
16	38
17	38
18	39
19	39
20	40
21	41
22	41
23	42
24	42
25	43
26	43
27	44
28	44
29	44
30	45
31	45

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	94	6
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	90	10
28	89	11
29	88	12
30	87	13
31	86	14