Shetland Islands is typically cool in October.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +13°C to +11°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from +10°C to +8°C.

Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.

Take a look at how October is compared to other months in Shetland Islands:

October weather is still as ok as in September. It’s getting colder in October. From +13°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +11°C. Prepare for more rain. Average rainfall goes from 90 mm to 115 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 84% to 82%. Winds are stronger in comparison to September, going up from 7 m/s to 8 m/s on average. The days becoming less sunny, going from 1 sunny days in September to 0 in October.

November brings much the same weather, it remains ok.

The climate in Shetland Islands in October has not changed much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1979 (+8°C) and the highest in 2006 (+11°C). The driest year was 1996 with only 776 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2015 with 1280 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Shetland Islands, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.