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Rancho Santa Fe in October

Warm and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Rancho Santa Fe is warm: highs near 79°F, lows near 59°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Rancho Santa Fe is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 15°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
79°F26°Caverage
Low
59°F15°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 9% of days
Daylight
11h 16mon average

Is October a good time to visit Rancho Santa Fe?

Yes. October is one of Rancho Santa Fe's best months (April to July, or September to November).

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 79°F in October, against 66°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in October, against 19°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

9% of days in October, against 1% to 24% through the year.

Cloud cover

21% cover in October, against 13% to 45% through the year.

Daylight

11h 16m in October, against 10h 00m to 14h 18m 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. September82°28°low 64°low 18°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. October79°26°low 59°low 15°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. November73°23°low 52°low 11°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Rancho Santa Fe sits, in October

America/Los Angeles
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:52 AMsets 6:17 PM
Above the sea
70 mlow-lying
Latitude
33.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Newport Coast87 km north-west

The land around Rancho Santa Fe, 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 Rancho Santa Fe

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