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Toronto in October

Mild and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Toronto is mild: highs near 64°F, lows near 50°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 1 minute from the first week to the last.October in Toronto is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 10°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 1 minute from the first week to the last.

High
64°F18°Caverage
Low
50°F10°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
10h 53mon average

Is October a good time to visit Toronto?

October sits outside Toronto's best months, which run from June to September. Expect mild days and rain on about three 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 64°F in October, against 34°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in October, against 1°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in October, against 29% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in October, against 39% to 69% through the year.

Daylight

10h 53m in October, against 8h 59m to 15h 23m 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. September75°24°low 60°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. October64°18°low 50°low 10°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November51°11°low 38°low 3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Toronto sits, in October

America/Toronto
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:30 AMsets 6:36 PM
Above the sea
90 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Ottawa353 km north-east

The land around Toronto, 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 Toronto

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Toronto. 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.