Climate averages 1991–2020
Sunshine Coast weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Sunshine Coast: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caloundra (17 km away). In October its highs average 24.2°C, about as warm as Sunshine Coast, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Sunshine Coast ranks 9th of 32 for the warmest October highs and joint 30th of 32 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 32 cities is 22.2°C; Sunshine Coast is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 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
Sunshine Coast climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 123 | 14.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 26.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 150 | 15.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 25.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 122 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 69 | 12.7 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 77 | 10.2 | 10.811 h |
| June | 19.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 62 | 8.3 | 10.510 h |
| July | 19.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 34 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| August | 20.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 43 | 5.1 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 39 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 24.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 80 | 8.8 | 12.713 h |
| November | 25.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 82 | 10.2 | 13.413 h |
| December | 27.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 117 | 12.0 | 13.814 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
- Caloundra in OctoberAustralia · 17 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Brisbane in OctoberAustralia · 90 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Logan City in OctoberAustralia · 109 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Toowoomba in OctoberAustralia · 150 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Gold Coast in OctoberAustralia · 153 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Bundaberg in OctoberAustralia · 212 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in OctoberAustralia · 405 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Rockhampton in OctoberAustralia · 447 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 35 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 Sunshine Coast) is explained once on the Sunshine Coast year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Caloundra lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.