Climate averages 1991–2020
Adelaide Hills weather
in October.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Adelaide Hills: daytime highs average 18.4°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adelaide (10 km away). In October its highs average 20.1°C, 1.6°C warmer than Adelaide Hills, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Adelaide Hills ranks 27th of 32 for the warmest October highs and 9th of 32 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 32 cities is 22.2°C; Adelaide Hills is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Adelaide Hills climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 21 | 3.5 | 14.214 h |
| February | 26.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 19 | 2.9 | 13.413 h |
| March | 23.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 18 | 3.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 19.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 33 | 5.2 | 11.211 h |
| May | 15.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 44 | 8.3 | 10.310 h |
| June | 12.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 51 | 9.2 | 9.810 h |
| July | 11.7°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 56 | 10.3 | 10.010 h |
| August | 12.6°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 56 | 10.8 | 10.811 h |
| September | 15.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 55 | 9.8 | 11.812 h |
| October, selected | 18.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 36 | 6.8 | 12.913 h |
| November | 21.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 34 | 5.9 | 13.914 h |
| December | 23.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 28 | 5.4 | 14.414 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Adelaide in OctoberAustralia · 10 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Bendigo in OctoberAustralia · 543 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Ballarat in OctoberAustralia · 547 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Geelong in OctoberAustralia · 620 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Melbourne in OctoberAustralia · 646 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Canberra in OctoberAustralia · 949 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Sydney in OctoberAustralia · 1152 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in OctoberAustralia · 1225 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 63 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Adelaide Hills) is explained once on the Adelaide Hills year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.