Climate averages 1991–2020
Launceston 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 Launceston: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hobart (161 km away). In October its highs average 16.0°C, about as warm as Launceston, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Launceston ranks joint 30th of 32 for the warmest October highs and joint 20th of 32 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 32 cities is 22.2°C; Launceston is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 61 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
Launceston climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 54 | 6.5 | 14.815 h |
| February | 22.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 46 | 6.5 | 13.714 h |
| March | 20.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 49 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| April | 17.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 53 | 7.3 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 60 | 8.3 | 9.810 h |
| June | 11.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 61 | 9.1 | 9.29 h |
| July | 11.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 74 | 10.3 | 9.59 h |
| August | 12.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 81 | 11.1 | 10.510 h |
| September | 14.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 76 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| October, selected | 16.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 63 | 9.9 | 13.213 h |
| November | 18.8°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 61 | 9.5 | 14.414 h |
| December | 21.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 57 | 8.1 | 15.115 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
- Hobart in OctoberAustralia · 161 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Geelong in OctoberAustralia · 436 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Melbourne in OctoberAustralia · 444 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Ballarat in OctoberAustralia · 515 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Bendigo in OctoberAustralia · 576 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in OctoberAustralia · 690 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Canberra in OctoberAustralia · 706 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Sydney in OctoberAustralia · 915 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 59 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 Launceston) is explained once on the Launceston year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.