Climate averages 1991–2020
Melbourne weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Melbourne: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geelong (65 km away). In October its highs average 18.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Melbourne, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Melbourne ranks 24th of 32 for the warmest October highs and 17th of 32 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 32 cities is 22.2°C; Melbourne is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 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
Melbourne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 49 | 5.9 | 14.514 h |
| February | 25.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 44 | 5.7 | 13.514 h |
| March | 23.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 35 | 5.5 | 12.412 h |
| April | 19.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 46 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| May | 16.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 43 | 8.7 | 10.110 h |
| June | 13.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 49 | 10.2 | 9.610 h |
| July | 12.9°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 44 | 11.0 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.9°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 51 | 11.3 | 10.711 h |
| September | 16.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 60 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| October, selected | 18.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 60 | 10.3 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 61 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| December | 23.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 60 | 7.7 | 14.715 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
- Geelong in OctoberAustralia · 65 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Ballarat in OctoberAustralia · 102 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Bendigo in OctoberAustralia · 132 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Launceston in OctoberAustralia · 444 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in OctoberAustralia · 453 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Canberra in OctoberAustralia · 466 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Hobart in OctoberAustralia · 598 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in OctoberAustralia · 646 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 36 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 Melbourne) is explained once on the Melbourne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.