October Temperatures in British Columbia

Average temperatures for October at cities and towns throughout British Columbia are given below.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the province: Southwest Mainland, Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island, Central BC, Southeast BC and Northern BC.

The tables list the normals for maximum and minimum monthly temperatures, in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit, based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

Southwest BC Mainland

Average October temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
59	43	Abbotsford	15	6
59	43	Chilliwack	15	6
56	46	Gibsons	13	8
55	43	Powell River	13	6
56	45	Vancouver - Richmond	14	7
52	36	Whistler	11	2

Gulf Islands

Average daily temperatures in October
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
55	45	Cortes Island, Whaletown	13	7
56	41	Gabriola Island	13	5
57	44	Mayne Island, Village Bay	14	6
57	46	Saltspring Island	14	8

Vancouver Island

Average daily temperatures in October
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
56	39	Campbell River	13	4
55	43	Courtenay - Comox	13	6
57	41	Duncan	14	5
57	41	Gold River	14	5
58	41	Nanaimo	15	5
59	41	Port Alberni	15	5
53	42	Port Hardy	12	6
55	43	Port Renfrew	13	6
58	42	Sidney	14	6
56	43	Tofino	14	6
58	45	Victoria	15	7

Central British Columbia

October temperatures: daily averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
45	28	Barkerville	7	-2
54	40	Bella Coola	12	4
57	38	Kamloops	14	3
57	39	Kelowna	14	4
56	39	Lillooet	14	4
58	38	Penticton	14	3
56	37	Vernon	13	3
55	31	Williams Lake	13	-1

Southeast BC

Average October temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
55	37	Castlegar	13	3
53	32	Cranbrook	12	0
50	32	Golden	10	0
51	37	Revelstoke	11	3
51	30	Sparwood	11	-1

Northern British Columbia

Average October temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
42	31	Atlin	6	-1
41	24	Fort Nelson	5	-4
46	31	Fort St John	8	-1
50	33	Prince George	10	1
52	41	Prince Rupert	11	5
54	44	Sandspit, Haida Gwaii	12	7
48	32	Smithers	9	0

Average October Temperatures in British Columbia