Plymouth weather in October

In October, Plymouth sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 104 mm of rain across 14.5 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-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 16% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Plymouth's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Plymouth's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 104 mm; 14.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 6:48 AM – 5:15 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 8th clearest
Wind: 25 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 2.03 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Plymouth is city in Devon, England.

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 11.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 3,282/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 15°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical October day in Plymouth 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 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	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	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	12
8	15	12
9	15	12
10	15	12
11	15	12
12	15	12
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	11
22	14	11
23	14	11
24	14	11
25	14	11
26	13	11
27	13	11
28	13	11
29	13	11
30	13	11
31	13	11

Plymouth weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 7°	102	15.5	8.3	1.6
Feb	9° / 6°	76	11.9	9.7	1.5
Mar	10° / 7°	67	11.9	11.5	1.9
Apr	11° / 8°	63	11.5	13.5	2.6
May	13° / 10°	61	10.8	15.2	3.6
Jun	16° / 13°	61	10.6	16.1	4.6
Jul	17° / 15°	61	10.5	15.7	5.6
Aug	18° / 15°	70	11.2	14.3	5.6
Sep	16° / 14°	61	10.3	12.4	5.0
Oct	14° / 12°	104	14.5	10.5	3.7
Nov	12° / 9°	112	15.4	8.8	2.6
Dec	10° / 8°	109	15.1	7.9	2.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 67%.

	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 (%)	36	35	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	33	34	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	30	31	30	30	30	30
Cloudier (%)	64	65	66	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	67	66	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	70	69	70	70	70	70

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	33	67
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	30	70
27	31	69
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Plymouth gets around 104 mm of rain over 14.5 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 47% 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 (%)	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	45	45	46	47	48	49	50	50	51	52	52	53	53	53	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	44
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	43
15	43
16	44
17	45
18	45
19	46
20	47
21	48
22	49
23	50
24	50
25	51
26	52
27	52
28	53
29	53
30	53
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 81% 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 (%)	72	73	74	74	75	76	76	77	77	78	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	83	83	84	85	85	86	86	87	87	88	88	89	89	90
Comfortable (%)	28	27	26	26	25	24	24	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	72	28
2	73	27
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

Wind in October

Winds average 25 km/h in October.

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 114 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:24 AM to 7:14 AM, and sunset from 5:48 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)	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:24	6:25	6:27	6:28	6:30	6:32	6:33	6:35	6:37	6:38	6:40	6:42	6:43	6:45	6:47	6:48	6:50	6:52	6:53	6:55	6:57	6:58	7:00	7:02	7:04	7:05	7:07	7:09	7:10	7:12	7:14
Sunset (PM)	5:48	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:36	5:34	5:32	5:30	5:28	5:25	5:23	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:05	5:03	5:01	4:59	4:57	4:55	4:54	4:52	4:50	4:48	4:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:24	5:48
2	11.3	6:25	5:45
3	11.3	6:27	5:43
4	11.2	6:28	5:41
5	11.1	6:30	5:39
6	11.1	6:32	5:36
7	11.0	6:33	5:34
8	11.0	6:35	5:32
9	10.9	6:37	5:30
10	10.8	6:38	5:28
11	10.8	6:40	5:25
12	10.7	6:42	5:23
13	10.6	6:43	5:21
14	10.6	6:45	5:19
15	10.5	6:47	5:17
16	10.4	6:48	5:15
17	10.4	6:50	5:13
18	10.3	6:52	5:11
19	10.3	6:53	5:09
20	10.2	6:55	5:07
21	10.1	6:57	5:05
22	10.1	6:58	5:03
23	10.0	7:00	5:01
24	10.0	7:02	4:59
25	9.9	7:04	4:57
26	9.8	7:05	4:55
27	9.8	7:07	4:54
28	9.7	7:09	4:52
29	9.7	7:10	4:50
30	9.6	7:12	4:48
31	9.5	7:14	4:46

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 2.03 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)	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	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	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5
Level	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	Dim

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

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Plymouth?

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

3.7

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 Plymouth.

What to pack for Plymouth in October

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

In October, Plymouth sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and a windbreaker. About 15 days see rain.

rain geara warm layera windbreaker

Sea temperature near Plymouth in October

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in March 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)	10	10	9	10	12	14	16	17	16	15	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	9	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	16	Cool
Oct	15	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Plymouth 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 Plymouth peaks around August 13 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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	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 Plymouth?

Plymouth sits at 50.4°N, 4.1°W, 14 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Plymstock, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Plymouth

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Plymouth has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 492 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 651 m.

The land around Plymouth is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and water (29%) within 3 km, water (36%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and water (48%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

110 m

artificial surfaces 45%

16 km

492 m

water 36%

80 km

651 m

water 48%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

October weather nearby: Plymstock 4.0 km · Saltash 7.0 km · Paignton 41 km · Newton Abbot 41 km · Bodmin 43 km · Brixham 45 km · St Austell 45 km · Torquay 45 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 Plymouth (50.3715°, -4.143°, elevation 14 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	12
8	15	12
9	15	12
10	15	12
11	15	12
12	15	12
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	11
22	14	11
23	14	11
24	14	11
25	14	11
26	13	11
27	13	11
28	13	11
29	13	11
30	13	11
31	13	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	33	67
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	30	70
27	31	69
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	72	28
2	73	27
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

	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	12
8	15	12
9	15	12
10	15	12
11	15	12
12	15	12
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	11
22	14	11
23	14	11
24	14	11
25	14	11
26	13	11
27	13	11
28	13	11
29	13	11
30	13	11
31	13	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	33	67
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	30	70
27	31	69
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	72	28
2	73	27
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

	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	12
8	15	12
9	15	12
10	15	12
11	15	12
12	15	12
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	11
22	14	11
23	14	11
24	14	11
25	14	11
26	13	11
27	13	11
28	13	11
29	13	11
30	13	11
31	13	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	33	67
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	30	70
27	31	69
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	72	28
2	73	27
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10