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Carmel in October

Mild and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Carmel is mild: highs near 68°F, lows near 55°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Carmel is mild: highs near 20°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
68°F20°Caverage
Low
55°F13°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 8% of days
Daylight
11h 09mon average

Is October a good time to visit Carmel?

Yes. October is one of Carmel's best months (July to October).

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 68°F in October, against 60°F to 69°F through the year.Highs near 20°C in October, against 16°C to 21°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

8% of days in October, against 1% to 33% through the year.

Cloud cover

26% cover in October, against 15% to 58% through the year.

Daylight

11h 09m in October, against 9h 42m to 14h 37m 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. September69°21°low 56°low 13°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. October68°20°low 55°low 13°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. November64°18°low 51°low 11°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Carmel sits, in October

America/Los Angeles
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:14 AMsets 6:33 PM
Above the sea
45 mlow-lying
Latitude
36.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Big Sur33 km south

The land around Carmel, 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 United States in October

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

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