Where Is It Sunny in October? Warmest Destinations

Sunshine hours, temperature and rain in October for 108 destinations – station data (DWD, 1991–2020). Sunniest: Las Vegas with 9.5 hours of sun a day.

The sunniest destinations in October

  • 1. Las Vegas: 9.5 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 8 mm · 93
  • 2. Cairo: 9.0 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 1 mm · 92
  • 3. Cyprus: 8.8 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 16 mm · 89
  • 4. Marsa Alam: 9.5 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 1 mm · 88
  • 5. Agadir: 8.5 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 21 mm · 88
  • 6. Tel Aviv: 8.3 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 14 mm · 87
  • 7. Hurghada: 9.7 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 2 mm · 86
  • 8. Los Angeles: 9.3 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 12 mm · 86
  • 9. Bali: 9.0 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 57 mm · 86
  • 10. Cairns (Queensland): 9.0 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 63 mm · 86
  • 11. Marrakech: 8.2 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 19 mm · 86
  • 12. Cape Verde (Sal): 7.9 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 16 mm · 86
  • 13. Lanzarote: 7.7 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 13 mm · 85
  • 14. Tenerife: 7.6 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 13 mm · 85
  • 15. Costa Blanca: 7.8 h Sun/day, 25 °C, 33 mm · 84
  • 16. Djerba: 7.8 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 28 mm · 84
  • 17. Kos: 8.1 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 49 mm · 83
  • 18. Bodrum: 8.1 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 49 mm · 83
  • 19. Fuerteventura: 7.1 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 11 mm · 83
  • 20. Hawaii (Honolulu): 8.0 h Sun/day, 31 °C, 38 mm · 82
  • 21. Rhodes: 7.9 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 52 mm · 82
  • 22. Gran Canaria: 7.1 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 19 mm · 82
  • 23. Mauritius: 7.6 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 50 mm · 81
  • 24. Aqaba: 10.1 h Sun/day, 34 °C, 4 mm · 80
  • 25. Seville: 7.9 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 75 mm · 80
  • 26. Monastir: 7.5 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 56 mm · 80
  • 27. Santorini: 7.5 h Sun/day, 25 °C, 44 mm · 80
  • 28. Madeira: 7.1 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 41 mm · 80
  • 29. Izmir: 7.6 h Sun/day, 25 °C, 55 mm · 79
  • 30. Oman (Muscat): 9.6 h Sun/day, 34 °C, 1 mm · 78
  • 31. Cape Town: 9.2 h Sun/day, 22 °C, 28 mm · 78
  • 32. Mombasa (Kenya): 8.2 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 98 mm · 78
  • 33. Sharm el-Sheikh: 9.3 h Sun/day, 34 °C, 2 mm · 77
  • 34. Aruba: 7.7 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 94 mm · 77
  • 35. Antalya: 7.5 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 82 mm · 77
  • 36. Alanya: 7.3 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 85 mm · 76
  • 37. Crete: 7.1 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 46 mm · 76
  • 38. Malta: 7.0 h Sun/day, 25 °C, 78 mm · 76
  • 39. Athens: 6.8 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 49 mm · 76
  • 40. Sydney: 7.8 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 68 mm · 75
  • Holiday score 0–100: 45 % sunshine hours, 40 % warmth (best at 25–30 °C), 15 % little rain.
  • Averages 1991–2020, source: Deutscher Wetterdienst (CLIMAT station data, CC BY 4.0) and NASA POWER; single years differ.

Questions

  • Where is it sunniest in October? Among 108 popular destinations, Las Vegas is best in October: 9.5 hours of sunshine a day on average. For comparison, London gets 3.7 hours.
  • Where is it warm in October? 67 of the destinations average more than 24 °C by day in October. The '24 °C and up only' filter shows just those.
  • Where do the numbers come from? Temperature, rain and, where available, sunshine are 1991–2020 averages of weather stations, published by Germany's weather service DWD. Where no station nearby measures, we use NASA satellite data (POWER) and say so on the destination's page.