Climate averages 1991–2020
Brisbane weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Brisbane: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Logan City (21 km away). In October its highs average 25.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Brisbane, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Brisbane ranks 6th of 32 for the warmest October highs and 24th of 32 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 32 cities is 22.2°C; Brisbane is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 84 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
Brisbane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 122 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 128 | 12.8 | 13.113 h |
| March | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 93 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 43 | 8.4 | 11.511 h |
| May | 22.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 60 | 7.1 | 10.811 h |
| June | 20.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 52 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 28 | 4.1 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 36 | 4.4 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 35 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 25.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 72 | 8.2 | 12.713 h |
| November | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 84 | 9.7 | 13.513 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 110 | 11.4 | 13.814 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
- Logan City in OctoberAustralia · 21 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Gold Coast in OctoberAustralia · 71 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Caloundra in OctoberAustralia · 74 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in OctoberAustralia · 90 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Toowoomba in OctoberAustralia · 106 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Bundaberg in OctoberAustralia · 297 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in OctoberAustralia · 315 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Rockhampton in OctoberAustralia · 520 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 35 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 Brisbane) is explained once on the Brisbane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.