Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuggeranong weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th 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 Tuggeranong: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Canberra (16 km away). In October its highs average 18.5°C, about as warm as Tuggeranong, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Tuggeranong ranks 25th of 32 for the warmest October highs and joint 26th of 32 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 32 cities is 22.2°C; Tuggeranong is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 84 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
Tuggeranong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 72 | 9.8 | 14.214 h |
| February | 25.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 78 | 9.5 | 13.413 h |
| March | 22.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 55 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.5°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 34 | 5.1 | 11.211 h |
| May | 14.2°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 34 | 5.0 | 10.310 h |
| June | 10.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 58 | 7.2 | 9.810 h |
| July | 10.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 44 | 7.6 | 10.010 h |
| August | 11.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 57 | 8.4 | 10.811 h |
| September | 14.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 67 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| October, selected | 18.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 75 | 9.4 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 84 | 10.4 | 14.014 h |
| December | 24.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 81 | 9.6 | 14.514 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
- Canberra in OctoberAustralia · 16 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Wollongong in OctoberAustralia · 200 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in OctoberAustralia · 222 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Sydney in OctoberAustralia · 261 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Central Coast in OctoberAustralia · 306 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in OctoberAustralia · 372 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Maitland in OctoberAustralia · 376 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Melbourne in OctoberAustralia · 453 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 60 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 Tuggeranong) is explained once on the Tuggeranong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.