Climate averages 1991–2020
Mackay weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Mackay: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rockhampton (283 km away). In October its highs average 28.4°C, 2.9°C warmer than Mackay, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Mackay ranks 7th of 32 for the warmest October highs and joint 5th of 32 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 32 cities is 22.2°C; Mackay is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 64 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
Mackay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 212 | 15.9 | 13.313 h |
| February | 28.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 225 | 17.4 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 171 | 15.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 89 | 13.0 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 54 | 10.6 | 11.111 h |
| June | 21.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 43 | 7.8 | 10.911 h |
| July | 21.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 32 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| August | 21.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.411 h |
| September | 23.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 16 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 25.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 34 | 5.9 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 64 | 8.3 | 13.113 h |
| December | 28.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 117 | 11.6 | 13.413 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
- Rockhampton in OctoberAustralia · 283 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Townsville in OctoberAustralia · 324 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Bundaberg in OctoberAustralia · 526 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Cairns in OctoberAustralia · 591 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in OctoberAustralia · 730 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Caloundra in OctoberAustralia · 746 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Toowoomba in OctoberAustralia · 766 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Sydney in OctoberAustralia · 1428 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 Mackay) is explained once on the Mackay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.