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Vancouver Island in October

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Vancouver Island is mild: highs near 64°F, lows near 46°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 15 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Vancouver Island is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
64°F18°Caverage
Low
46°F8°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 54% of days
Daylight
10h 37mon average

Is October a good time to visit Vancouver Island?

October sits outside Vancouver Island's best months, which run from July to August. Expect mild days and rain on about four 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 49°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in October, against 9°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

54% of days in October, against 26% to 69% through the year.

Cloud cover

68% cover in October, against 48% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

10h 37m in October, against 8h 14m to 16h 11m 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. September72°22°low 53°low 12°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. October64°18°low 46°low 8°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. November54°12°low 39°low 4°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Vancouver Island sits, in October

America/Vancouver
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:42 AMsets 6:35 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
49.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Tofino25 km south

The land around Vancouver Island, 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 Vancouver Island

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Vancouver Island. 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (632 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (632 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.