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Banff in October

Cool and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Banff is cool: highs near 50°F, lows near 27°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 20 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Banff is cool: highs near 10°C, lows near -3°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 20 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
50°F10°Caverage
Low
27°F-3°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
10h 31mon average

Is October a good time to visit Banff?

October sits outside Banff's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cool days and rain or snow on about two 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 50°F in October, against 22°F to 75°F through the year.Highs near 10°C in October, against -6°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in October, against 29% to 67% through the year.

Cloud cover

58% cover in October, against 48% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

10h 31m in October, against 7h 58m to 16h 29m 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. September65°18°low 39°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. October50°10°low 27°low -3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November34°1°low 13°low -11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Banff sits, in October

America/Edmonton
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
8:04 AMsets 6:52 PM
Above the sea
1,380 mupland
Latitude
51.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Sunshine Village18 km south-west

The land around Banff, 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 Canada in October

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Banff. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,380 m) against the climate model's (1,818 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,380 m) against the climate model's (1,818 m). 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.