Penzance weather in October

In October, Penzance sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 94 mm of rain across 14 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Penzance's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Penzance's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 94 mm; 14 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 6:53 AM – 5:21 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 8th clearest
Wind: 26 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 2.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Penzance is town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK.

Density: 1,538/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1318

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 15°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical October day in Penzance reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C cooler than September and about 2°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	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11

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

Penzance weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 8°	97	15.6	8.3	1.8
Feb	9° / 7°	73	12.3	9.7	1.7
Mar	10° / 8°	63	12.2	11.5	2.0
Apr	11° / 9°	57	11.2	13.5	2.6
May	13° / 11°	54	9.9	15.2	3.6
Jun	15° / 13°	50	9.2	16.1	4.7
Jul	17° / 15°	54	9.1	15.7	5.6
Aug	18° / 16°	63	10.5	14.3	5.6
Sep	16° / 14°	57	10.2	12.4	5.1
Oct	14° / 12°	94	14	10.5	3.8
Nov	12° / 10°	104	15.9	8.8	2.7
Dec	11° / 8°	104	16.4	7.9	2.1

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

	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 (%)	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	36	35	35	35	36	36	35	34	33	33	32	32	31	32	32	31	31	31
Cloudier (%)	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	64	65	65	65	64	64	65	66	67	67	68	68	69	68	68	69	69	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	31	69

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Penzance gets around 94 mm of rain over 14 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 45% and peaks near 53% 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 (%)	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	48	49	50	51	51	52	52	52	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	42
5	42
6	42
7	42
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	44
19	45
20	46
21	47
22	48
23	48
24	49
25	50
26	51
27	51
28	52
29	52
30	52
31	53

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 79% 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 (%)	70	71	72	72	73	73	74	74	75	75	76	76	77	78	78	79	80	81	82	82	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	87	87	88	88
Comfortable (%)	30	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	24	24	23	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	70	30
2	71	29
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	77	23
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	79	21
17	80	20
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	88	12
31	88	12

Wind in October

Winds average 26 km/h in October.

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 108 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:29 AM to 7:19 AM, and sunset from 5:53 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	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:29	6:31	6:32	6:34	6:35	6:37	6:39	6:40	6:42	6:44	6:45	6:47	6:48	6:50	6:52	6:53	6:55	6:57	6:58	7:00	7:02	7:03	7:05	7:07	7:09	7:10	7:12	7:14	7:15	7:17	7:19
Sunset (PM)	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:44	5:42	5:40	5:38	5:36	5:34	5:31	5:29	5:27	5:25	5:23	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:05	5:03	5:02	5:00	4:58	4:56	4:54	4:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:29	5:53
2	11.3	6:31	5:51
3	11.3	6:32	5:49
4	11.2	6:34	5:47
5	11.2	6:35	5:44
6	11.1	6:37	5:42
7	11.0	6:39	5:40
8	11.0	6:40	5:38
9	10.9	6:42	5:36
10	10.8	6:44	5:34
11	10.8	6:45	5:31
12	10.7	6:47	5:29
13	10.6	6:48	5:27
14	10.6	6:50	5:25
15	10.5	6:52	5:23
16	10.5	6:53	5:21
17	10.4	6:55	5:19
18	10.3	6:57	5:17
19	10.3	6:58	5:15
20	10.2	7:00	5:13
21	10.2	7:02	5:11
22	10.1	7:03	5:09
23	10.0	7:05	5:07
24	10.0	7:07	5:05
25	9.9	7:09	5:03
26	9.9	7:10	5:02
27	9.8	7:12	5:00
28	9.7	7:14	4:58
29	9.7	7:15	4:56
30	9.6	7:17	4:54
31	9.6	7:19	4:53

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 2.07 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)	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	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	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.7	Moderate
2	2.6	Moderate
3	2.6	Moderate
4	2.5	Moderate
5	2.5	Moderate
6	2.5	Moderate
7	2.4	Moderate
8	2.4	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.2	Moderate
13	2.2	Moderate
14	2.2	Moderate
15	2.1	Moderate
16	2.1	Moderate
17	2.0	Moderate
18	2.0	Moderate
19	2.0	Dim
20	1.9	Dim
21	1.9	Dim
22	1.9	Dim
23	1.8	Dim
24	1.8	Dim
25	1.7	Dim
26	1.7	Dim
27	1.7	Dim
28	1.6	Dim
29	1.6	Dim
30	1.6	Dim
31	1.5	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Penzance?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Penzance.

What to pack for Penzance in October

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

In October, Penzance sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and a windbreaker. About 14 days see rain.

rain geara warm layera windbreaker

Sea temperature near Penzance 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in March near 10°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)	10	10	10	10	12	14	16	17	16	14	13	12
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	10	Bracing
Mar	10	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	16	Cool
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Penzance in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Penzance peaks around August 14 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 11 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	5	6	6	6	7	5	3	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	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Penzance?

Penzance sits at 50.1°N, 5.5°W, 32 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Camborne, 20 km away.

Topography around Penzance

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Penzance has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m around an average of 45 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 248 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 362 m.

The land around Penzance is covered by water (35%), grassland (23%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, water (59%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and water (81%) within 80 km.

3 km

138 m

water 35%

16 km

248 m

water 59%

80 km

362 m

water 81%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

October weather nearby: Camborne 20 km · Redruth 26 km · Falmouth 33 km · Truro 38 km · Newquay 47 km · St Austell 60 km · Bodmin 70 km · Saltash 99 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

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 Penzance (50.1186°, -5.5371°, elevation 32 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	13
2	15	13
3	15	13
4	15	13
5	15	13
6	15	13
7	15	13
8	15	13
9	15	13
10	15	13
11	15	13
12	15	13
13	14	12
14	14	12
15	14	12
16	14	12
17	14	12
18	14	12
19	14	12
20	14	12
21	14	12
22	14	12
23	14	12
24	14	12
25	14	12
26	14	12
27	14	12
28	13	12
29	13	11
30	13	11
31	13	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	42
5	42
6	42
7	42
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	44
19	45
20	46
21	47
22	48
23	48
24	49
25	50
26	51
27	51
28	52
29	52
30	52
31	53

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	70	30
2	71	29
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	77	23
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	79	21
17	80	20
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	88	12
31	88	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	42
5	42
6	42
7	42
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	44
19	45
20	46
21	47
22	48
23	48
24	49
25	50
26	51
27	51
28	52
29	52
30	52
31	53

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	70	30
2	71	29
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	77	23
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	79	21
17	80	20
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	88	12
31	88	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	42
5	42
6	42
7	42
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	44
19	45
20	46
21	47
22	48
23	48
24	49
25	50
26	51
27	51
28	52
29	52
30	52
31	53

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	70	30
2	71	29
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	77	23
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	79	21
17	80	20
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	88	12
31	88	12