Climate averages 1991–2020
Darwin weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Darwin: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dili (721 km away). In October its highs average 32.1°C, 1.6°C cooler than Darwin, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Darwin ranks 1st of 32 for the warmest October highs and 29th of 32 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 32 cities is 22.2°C; Darwin is 11.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 180 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
Darwin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 438 | 27.7 | 12.813 h |
| February | 30.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 379 | 25.8 | 12.513 h |
| March | 30.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 300 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 31.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 100 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| May | 31.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 14 | 2.4 | 11.512 h |
| June | 30.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| July | 30.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| August | 31.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| September | 33.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 16 | 3.7 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 33.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 76 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| November | 33.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 180 | 20.7 | 12.713 h |
| December | 31.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 323 | 24.9 | 12.813 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
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 Darwin) is explained once on the Darwin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.