Elgin weather in October

In October, Elgin sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 103 mm of rain across 16.6 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of October to 8 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Elgin's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Elgin's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
103 mm
16.6 wet days
Daylight
10 hours
7:00 AM – 4:57 PM
Cloud cover
71%
8th clearest
Wind
25 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
1.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Elgin is former cathedral city and Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland, UK.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical October day in Elgin reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C cooler than September and about 2°C warmer than November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How October really feels in Elgin

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Elgin weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7015.50.970.7
Feb / 5912.71.790.6
Mar / 5713.61.211.40.9
Apr / 5412.10.6141.5
May10° / 5711.8016.32.3
Jun13° / 11°7013.3017.63.1
Jul15° / 13°6813.4017.14.0
Aug15° / 13°8514.40154.1
Sep14° / 12°8113.5012.53.6
Oct12° / 10316.60102.5
Nov / 9017.10.47.71.6
Dec / 7816.11.26.40.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
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33565
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Elgin gets around 103 mm of rain over 16.6 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 rain averages around 53% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in October

Winds average 25 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 24 km/h on the calmest days to 26 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
124breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of October to 8 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 150 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:26 AM to 7:34 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 4:19 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:265:39
211.16:285:36
311.06:305:33
411.06:325:30
510.96:355:27
610.86:375:25
710.76:395:22
810.66:415:19
910.56:445:16
1010.56:465:13
1110.46:485:11
1210.36:505:08
1310.26:535:05
1410.16:555:02
1510.06:575:00
1610.07:004:57
179.97:024:54
189.87:044:52
199.77:074:49
209.67:094:46
219.57:114:44
229.57:134:41
239.47:164:39
249.37:184:36
259.27:204:34
269.17:234:31
279.17:254:29
289.07:274:26
298.97:304:24
308.87:324:22
318.77:344:19

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 1.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.31 kWh/m² to a high of 5.06 kWh/m² in May across the year — October's 1.4 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.0Dim
21.9Dim
31.9Dim
41.9Dim
51.8Dim
61.8Dim
71.7Dim
81.7Dim
91.7Dim
101.6Dim
111.6Dim
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271.0Dim
281.0Dim
291.0Dim
301.0Dim
310.9Dim
Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Elgin?

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

2.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Elgin.

What to pack for Elgin in October

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

In October, Elgin sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 9°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a windbreaker. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Elgin in October

The nearest coast averages about 12°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 25 km away) is warmest in August at about 14°C and coldest in February near 7°C.

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

5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
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Jun12Bracing
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UV index in Elgin in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Elgin peaks around July 13 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Elgin?

Elgin sits at 57.6°N, 3.3°W, 20 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Inverness, 57 km away.

AberdeenPeterheadNiggArbroathDundeePerthFort William

Topography around Elgin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Elgin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m around an average of 29 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 403 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,309 m.

The land around Elgin is covered by grassland (30%), trees (28%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, water (31%), grassland (29%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
129 m
16 km
403 m
80 km
1,309 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
October weather nearby: Inverness 57 km · Aberdeen 92 km · Peterhead 93 km · Nigg 94 km · Arbroath 129 km · Dundee 133 km · Perth 140 km · Fort William 142 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 89% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$57,602
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
3.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 2%

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 Elgin (57.6495°, -3.3184°, elevation 20 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).