Climate averages 1991–2020
Coffs Harbour 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 Coffs Harbour: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gold Coast (257 km away). In October its highs average 23.4°C, about as warm as Coffs Harbour, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Coffs Harbour ranks 14th of 32 for the warmest October highs and 32nd of 32 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 32 cities is 22.2°C; Coffs Harbour is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 131 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
Coffs Harbour climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 160 | 15.5 | 13.914 h |
| February | 26.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 166 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| March | 24.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 163 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 78 | 12.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 19.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 74 | 9.1 | 10.611 h |
| June | 17.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 81 | 7.4 | 10.210 h |
| July | 17.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 36 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| August | 19.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 45 | 5.2 | 11.011 h |
| September | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 43 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 23.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 88 | 10.5 | 12.813 h |
| November | 24.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 131 | 14.1 | 13.614 h |
| December | 25.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 150 | 15.8 | 14.114 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
- Gold Coast in OctoberAustralia · 257 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Logan City in OctoberAustralia · 295 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Maitland in OctoberAustralia · 309 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Brisbane in OctoberAustralia · 315 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in OctoberAustralia · 319 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Toowoomba in OctoberAustralia · 324 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Central Coast in OctoberAustralia · 385 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Caloundra in OctoberAustralia · 388 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 80 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 Coffs Harbour) is explained once on the Coffs Harbour year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.