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Miami in October

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Miami is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 31 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Miami is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 31 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 64% of days
Daylight
11h 29mon average

Is October a good time to visit Miami?

October sits outside Miami's best months, which run from December to March. Expect hot 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 86°F in October, against 77°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in October, against 25°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

64% of days in October, against 28% to 79% through the year.

Cloud cover

54% cover in October, against 33% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

11h 29m in October, against 10h 33m to 13h 43m 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. September88°31°low 78°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. October86°30°low 76°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. November82°28°low 72°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Miami sits, in October

America/New York
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:19 AMsets 6:54 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
25.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Palm Beach104 km north

The land around Miami, 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 Miami

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