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 1991 to 2020.
The UK as a whole has an average 92 hours of sun in October.
Southern England
Total October sunshine
Place |
Hours |
Birmingham |
103 |
Bristol |
99 |
Dover |
124 |
Isles of Scilly |
117 |
London, Greenwich |
100 |
London, Kew Gardens |
117 |
Norwich |
113 |
Nottingham |
97 |
Plymouth |
118 |
Southampton |
113 |
Stoke-on-Trent |
99 |
Weymouth |
128 |
Northern England
Average amount of sun in October
Place |
Hours |
Ambleside, Windermere Lake |
73 |
Berwick-upon-Tweed |
103 |
Dumfries |
90 |
Hull |
109 |
Manchester |
95 |
Middlesbrough |
91 |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
99 |
Prestwick |
87 |
Sheffield |
97 |
Wales
Average October sun
Place |
Hours |
Cardiff |
104 |
Llandrindod Wells |
79 |
Scotland
Number of sunny hours in October on average
Place |
Hours |
Aberdeen |
95 |
Dundee |
97 |
Edinburgh |
99 |
Glasgow |
86 |
Inverness |
82 |
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands |
76 |
Lerwick, Shetland Islands |
75 |
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides |
78 |
Tiree, Inner Hebrides |
91 |
Northern Ireland
Average total sunshine in October
Place |
Hours |
Armagh |
92 |
Belfast |
92 |
Londonderry |
85 |