Climate averages 1991–2020
Hobart weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Hobart: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Launceston (161 km away). In October its highs average 16.4°C, about as warm as Hobart, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Hobart ranks 32nd of 32 for the warmest October highs and 13th of 32 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 32 cities is 22.2°C; Hobart is 6.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 60 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
Hobart climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 7.8 | 14.915 h |
| February | 21.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 44 | 7.6 | 13.814 h |
| March | 19.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 45 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.7°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 47 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 44 | 9.3 | 9.710 h |
| June | 12.0°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 46 | 8.8 | 9.19 h |
| July | 11.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 47 | 10.5 | 9.39 h |
| August | 12.3°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 58 | 11.6 | 10.410 h |
| September | 14.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 53 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| October, selected | 16.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 55 | 11.2 | 13.213 h |
| November | 17.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 60 | 11.5 | 14.515 h |
| December | 19.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 58 | 9.8 | 15.315 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
- Launceston in OctoberAustralia · 161 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Geelong in OctoberAustralia · 583 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Melbourne in OctoberAustralia · 598 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Ballarat in OctoberAustralia · 660 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Bendigo in OctoberAustralia · 729 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Sydney in OctoberAustralia · 1057 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Adelaide in OctoberAustralia · 1162 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in OctoberAustralia · 1173 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 63 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 Hobart) is explained once on the Hobart year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.