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Places with the best weather in North America in October: ranked by comfort score

Sunnyvale tops the list at 97 /100 in October. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.

Top three in October: Sunnyvale (97 /100) , Oxnard (96 /100) , Ensenada (96 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 4.8 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Sunnyvale United States 97 /100 24 °C 13 °C 29 mm 3 316 h 14 °C
2 Oxnard United States 96 /100 23 °C 15 °C 18 mm 2 331 h 19 °C
3 Ensenada Mexico 96 /100 24 °C 16 °C 12 mm 2 334 h 19 °C
4 San Jose United States 96 /100 25 °C 13 °C 29 mm 3 316 h –
5 Fremont United States 96 /100 24 °C 14 °C 23 mm 3 314 h –
6 Tijuana Mexico 96 /100 23 °C 15 °C 15 mm 2 328 h 19 °C
7 Oakland United States 96 /100 24 °C 12 °C 21 mm 3 310 h –
8 Cuauhtémoc Mexico 95 /100 22 °C 9.3 °C 21 mm 4 329 h –
9 Oceanside United States 95 /100 23 °C 16 °C 18 mm 3 329 h 20 °C
10 San Diego United States 95 /100 23 °C 15 °C 15 mm 2 326 h 19 °C
11 Huntington Beach United States 95 /100 24 °C 15 °C 15 mm 2 326 h 19 °C
12 Palmdale United States 95 /100 25 °C 13 °C 18 mm 3 333 h –
13 Santa Ana United States 95 /100 24 °C 15 °C 17 mm 2 325 h 19 °C
14 Salinas United States 95 /100 22 °C 11 °C 18 mm 2 316 h 14 °C
15 Victoria de Durango Mexico 95 /100 24 °C 11 °C 39 mm 6 328 h –
16 Escondido United States 94 /100 25 °C 14 °C 20 mm 3 328 h 20 °C
17 Aguascalientes Mexico 94 /100 25 °C 12 °C 36 mm 6 318 h –
18 San Francisco United States 94 /100 21 °C 12 °C 21 mm 3 310 h 14 °C
19 Albuquerque United States 94 /100 22 °C 8.9 °C 25 mm 4 321 h –
20 Huntsville United States 94 /100 23 °C 13 °C 86 mm 7 267 h –
21 Santa Rosa United States 94 /100 25 °C 11 °C 33 mm 3 307 h –
22 Birmingham United States 94 /100 24 °C 14 °C 87 mm 7 275 h –
23 Little Rock United States 94 /100 24 °C 14 °C 92 mm 7 265 h –
24 San Miguel de Allende Mexico 94 /100 24 °C 13 °C 38 mm 6 309 h –
25 Atlanta United States 94 /100 22 °C 13 °C 76 mm 7 264 h –
26 Stockton United States 94 /100 26 °C 12 °C 26 mm 3 317 h –
27 León de los Aldama Mexico 94 /100 25 °C 12 °C 36 mm 6 325 h –
28 Elk Grove United States 93 /100 26 °C 12 °C 36 mm 3 314 h –
29 Saltillo Mexico 93 /100 23 °C 13 °C 39 mm 7 322 h –
30 Long Beach United States 93 /100 25 °C 15 °C 13 mm 2 328 h 19 °C
31 Guadalupe Mexico 93 /100 22 °C 10.0 °C 36 mm 6 322 h –
32 Chattanooga United States 93 /100 22 °C 12 °C 86 mm 7 267 h –
33 Memphis United States 93 /100 23 °C 13 °C 103 mm 8 268 h –
34 Charlotte United States 93 /100 22 °C 12 °C 83 mm 7 258 h –
35 Lubbock United States 93 /100 24 °C 12 °C 47 mm 5 299 h –
36 Chihuahua Mexico 93 /100 26 °C 13 °C 21 mm 3 328 h –
37 Oklahoma City United States 93 /100 23 °C 13 °C 76 mm 7 279 h –
38 Raleigh United States 93 /100 22 °C 13 °C 81 mm 7 256 h –
39 Tulsa United States 93 /100 22 °C 13 °C 91 mm 8 269 h –
40 Modesto United States 92 /100 26 °C 13 °C 21 mm 3 319 h –
41 Columbus United States 92 /100 25 °C 15 °C 74 mm 6 271 h –
42 Murfreesboro United States 92 /100 22 °C 12 °C 85 mm 8 267 h –
43 Sacramento United States 92 /100 26 °C 12 °C 30 mm 3 312 h –
44 Reno United States 92 /100 20 °C 8.2 °C 24 mm 3 319 h –
45 Montgomery United States 92 /100 25 °C 15 °C 72 mm 6 276 h –
46 Moreno Valley United States 92 /100 26 °C 13 °C 19 mm 3 329 h –
47 Cary United States 92 /100 21 °C 12 °C 81 mm 7 256 h –
48 Fayetteville United States 92 /100 23 °C 13 °C 82 mm 7 261 h –
49 Clarksville United States 92 /100 22 °C 12 °C 88 mm 8 265 h –
50 Celaya Mexico 92 /100 25 °C 13 °C 44 mm 7 315 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

September: top 5

  1. Spokane 95 /100
  2. Salinas 94 /100
  3. San Francisco 94 /100
  4. Oxnard 93 /100
  5. Salem 93 /100

Full ranking for September

November: top 5

  1. Ensenada 98 /100
  2. Monclova 97 /100
  3. Pomona 97 /100
  4. Tonalá 97 /100
  5. Ontario 97 /100

Full ranking for November

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in October, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in North America with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.