Climate averages 1991–2020

Geelong weather
in October.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.0°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 9.6°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 50 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Geelong · average highYear overview

October is a mild month in Geelong: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Melbourne (65 km away). In October its highs average 18.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Geelong, with 60 mm of rain.

Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Geelong ranks joint 28th of 32 for the warmest October highs and 11th of 32 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 32 cities is 22.2°C; Geelong is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 55 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Geelong climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Geelong, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 24.0°C14.8°C14.8°C375.614.514 h
February 23.8°C15.1°C15.1°C344.613.514 h
March 22.2°C13.9°C13.9°C264.612.412 h
April 19.2°C11.4°C11.4°C335.711.111 h
May 16.1°C9.6°C9.6°C327.110.110 h
June 13.7°C7.9°C7.9°C398.69.610 h
July 13.0°C7.1°C7.1°C379.19.810 h
August 13.8°C7.2°C7.2°C409.610.711 h
September 15.7°C8.2°C8.2°C4910.211.812 h
October, selected 18.0°C9.6°C9.6°C509.013.013 h
November 19.9°C11.4°C11.4°C558.314.214 h
December 21.9°C12.9°C12.9°C426.914.815 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

Distance from Geelong

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Geelong) is explained once on the Geelong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.