Climate averages 1991–2020
Gold Coast weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Gold Coast: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Logan City (51 km away). In October its highs average 25.0°C, 1.7°C warmer than Gold Coast, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Gold Coast ranks 13th of 32 for the warmest October highs and joint 26th of 32 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 32 cities is 22.2°C; Gold Coast is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 82 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
Gold Coast climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 130 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| February | 26.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 150 | 13.7 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 116 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 73 | 12.2 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 97 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| June | 19.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 94 | 9.5 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 48 | 6.3 | 10.511 h |
| August | 20.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 47 | 5.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 22.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 40 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 23.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 75 | 8.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 82 | 9.2 | 13.513 h |
| December | 26.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 109 | 11.1 | 13.914 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 · 51 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Brisbane in OctoberAustralia · 71 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Caloundra in OctoberAustralia · 137 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Toowoomba in OctoberAustralia · 153 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in OctoberAustralia · 153 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in OctoberAustralia · 257 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Bundaberg in OctoberAustralia · 365 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Maitland in OctoberAustralia · 556 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 52 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 Gold Coast) is explained once on the Gold Coast year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.