The tables below give October averages for the number of hours with sunshine at cities and towns throughout the United Kingdom. The monthly totals are based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.
You can jump to a separate table for: Southern England, Northern England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The UK as a whole has an average 103 hours of sun in October.
Southern England
Total October sunshine
Place |
Hours |
Birmingham |
98 |
Cambridge |
114 |
Eastbourne |
125 |
Exeter |
111 |
Ipswich |
120 |
London |
108 |
Lowestoft |
111 |
Newquay |
117 |
Oxford |
111 |
Northern England
Average amount of sun in October
Place |
Hours |
Blackpool |
99 |
Grimsby |
105 |
Malham Tarn, Yorkshire Dales |
75 |
Manchester |
99 |
Newcastle |
103 |
Penrith |
79 |
Sheffield |
91 |
Wales
Average October sun
Place |
Hours |
Aberporth |
106 |
Aberystwyth |
97 |
Cardiff |
103 |
Tenby |
108 |
Valley, Anglesey |
110 |
Scotland
Number of sunny hours in October on average
Place |
Hours |
Aberdeen |
100 |
Dundee |
108 |
Edinburgh |
101 |
Forres |
88 |
Glasgow |
85 |
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands |
76 |
Lerwick, Shetland Islands |
69 |
Oban |
77 |
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides |
81 |
Tiree, Inner Hebrides |
88 |
Northern Ireland
Average total sunshine in October
Place |
Hours |
Armagh |
90 |
Belfast |
91 |
Londonderry |
81 |