Saint Neots weather in October

In October, Saint Neots sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 57 mm of rain across 10.4 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Saint Neots's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saint Neots's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 57 mm; 10.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 6:36 AM – 4:56 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 7th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 1.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Saint Neots is town and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

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 16°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical October day in Saint Neots reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 4°C cooler than September and about 4°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)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

How October really feels in Saint Neots

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.

Saint Neots weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / 2°	49	10.7	0.7	8	0.9
Feb	8° / 2°	39	9.8	1.2	9.5	1.2
Mar	10° / 4°	43	9.8	0.8	11.5	2.4
Apr	13° / 5°	48	11	0.1	13.6	3.6
May	16° / 8°	54	10.5	0	15.4	5.0
Jun	19° / 11°	58	10.5	0	16.4	5.8
Jul	22° / 13°	59	11.5	0	16	6.3
Aug	22° / 13°	60	10.6	0	14.5	6.3
Sep	19° / 11°	50	9	0	12.4	5.9
Oct	15° / 8°	57	10.4	0	10.3	4.1
Nov	10° / 5°	55	10.8	0.2	8.5	2.2
Dec	8° / 3°	52	11.2	0.8	7.6	1.1

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 15% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%. Skies tend to open up 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 (%)	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	28	27	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34
Cloudier (%)	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	73	73	72	73	73	72	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	68	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	28	72
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Saint Neots gets around 57 mm of rain over 10.4 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 33% and peaks near 35% 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 (%)	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35

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

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

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

Wind in October

Winds average 16 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	16	light breeze
8	16	light breeze
9	16	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	17	light breeze
24	17	light breeze
25	17	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze
29	17	light breeze
30	17	light breeze
31	17	light breeze

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 6:09 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 4:26 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)	6:09	6:11	6:13	6:15	6:16	6:18	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:25	6:27	6:29	6:31	6:32	6:34	6:36	6:38	6:40	6:41	6:43	6:45	6:47	6:49	6:51	6:52	6:54	6:56	6:58	7:00	7:02	7:03
Sunset (PM)	5:31	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:14	5:12	5:10	5:07	5:05	5:03	5:01	4:58	4:56	4:54	4:52	4:50	4:48	4:45	4:43	4:41	4:39	4:37	4:35	4:33	4:31	4:29	4:28	4:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:09	5:31
2	11.3	6:11	5:28
3	11.2	6:13	5:26
4	11.2	6:15	5:24
5	11.1	6:16	5:21
6	11.0	6:18	5:19
7	10.9	6:20	5:17
8	10.9	6:22	5:14
9	10.8	6:23	5:12
10	10.7	6:25	5:10
11	10.7	6:27	5:07
12	10.6	6:29	5:05
13	10.5	6:31	5:03
14	10.5	6:32	5:01
15	10.4	6:34	4:58
16	10.3	6:36	4:56
17	10.3	6:38	4:54
18	10.2	6:40	4:52
19	10.1	6:41	4:50
20	10.1	6:43	4:48
21	10.0	6:45	4:45
22	9.9	6:47	4:43
23	9.9	6:49	4:41
24	9.8	6:51	4:39
25	9.7	6:52	4:37
26	9.7	6:54	4:35
27	9.6	6:56	4:33
28	9.6	6:58	4:31
29	9.5	7:00	4:29
30	9.4	7:02	4:28
31	9.4	7:03	4:26

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 1.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.09 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 1.76 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	2.2	2.2	2.2	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	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	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	Dim	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	2.2	Moderate
3	2.2	Moderate
4	2.2	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.1	Moderate
7	2.0	Moderate
8	2.0	Moderate
9	2.0	Dim
10	1.9	Dim
11	1.9	Dim
12	1.9	Dim
13	1.9	Dim
14	1.8	Dim
15	1.8	Dim
16	1.8	Dim
17	1.7	Dim
18	1.7	Dim
19	1.7	Dim
20	1.6	Dim
21	1.6	Dim
22	1.6	Dim
23	1.5	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 Saint Neots?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Saint Neots for sightseeing.

What to pack for Saint Neots in October

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

In October, Saint Neots sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Saint Neots 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 Saint Neots peaks around August 11 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 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	3	5	6	6	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	3	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Saint Neots?

Saint Neots sits at 52.2°N, 0.3°W, 18 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Huntingdon, 14 km away.

Topography around Saint Neots

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saint Neots has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 307 m.

The land around Saint Neots is covered by cropland (40%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (60%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (53%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

47 m

cropland 40%

16 km

105 m

cropland 60%

80 km

307 m

cropland 53%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

October weather nearby: Huntingdon 14 km · Biggleswade 14 km · Bedford 16 km · Saint Ives 18 km · Kempston 19 km · Kempston Hardwick 21 km · Rushden 24 km · Royston 25 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 Saint Neots (52.2167°, -0.2667°, elevation 18 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. 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	17	10
2	16	10
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	9
8	16	9
9	15	9
10	15	9
11	15	9
12	15	8
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	15	8
16	14	8
17	14	8
18	14	8
19	14	8
20	14	8
21	14	8
22	14	7
23	14	7
24	13	7
25	13	7
26	13	7
27	13	7
28	13	7
29	13	7
30	13	7
31	13	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	28	72
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	28	72
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	28	72
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

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

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