Climate averages 1991–2020
Canberra weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 11th 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 Canberra: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tuggeranong (16 km away). In October its highs average 18.6°C, about as warm as Canberra, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Canberra ranks 26th of 32 for the warmest October highs and 14th of 32 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 32 cities is 22.2°C; Canberra is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 58 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
Canberra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 48 | 6.5 | 14.214 h |
| February | 25.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 52 | 6.0 | 13.413 h |
| March | 22.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 38 | 5.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.5°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 27 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| May | 14.3°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 28 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| June | 10.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 52 | 6.9 | 9.810 h |
| July | 10.0°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 37 | 6.7 | 10.010 h |
| August | 11.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 49 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| September | 14.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 51 | 7.3 | 11.812 h |
| October, selected | 18.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 56 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 58 | 8.3 | 13.914 h |
| December | 24.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 55 | 6.9 | 14.514 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
- Tuggeranong in OctoberAustralia · 16 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Wollongong in OctoberAustralia · 187 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in OctoberAustralia · 206 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Sydney in OctoberAustralia · 247 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Central Coast in OctoberAustralia · 291 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in OctoberAustralia · 358 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Maitland in OctoberAustralia · 361 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Bendigo in OctoberAustralia · 466 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 45 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 Canberra) is explained once on the Canberra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.