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Nassau in October

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Nassau is hot: highs near 85°F, lows near 78°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Nassau is hot: highs near 29°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 65% of days
Daylight
11h 30mon average

Is October a good time to visit Nassau?

October sits outside Nassau's best months, which run from January to April. Expect hot days and rain on about five days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 85°F in October, against 78°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in October, against 26°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

65% of days in October, against 23% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

58% cover in October, against 33% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

11h 30m in October, against 10h 36m to 13h 40m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. September87°31°low 80°low 27°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. October85°29°low 78°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. November82°28°low 75°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Nassau sits, in October

America/Nassau
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:07 AMsets 6:43 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
25.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Andros Great Barrier Reef62 km south-west

The land around Nassau, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Bahamas in October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Nassau

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 7 km west of Nassau. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.