Climate averages 1991–2020
Nouméa weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 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 Nouméa: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Port-Vila (541 km away). In October its highs average 25.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Nouméa, with 85 mm of rain.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 65 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
Nouméa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 139 | 15.1 | 13.313 h |
| February | 28.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 143 | 16.5 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 188 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 123 | 15.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 99 | 11.4 | 11.111 h |
| June | 22.5°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 78 | 9.6 | 10.811 h |
| July | 21.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 64 | 8.2 | 10.911 h |
| August | 21.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 66 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| September | 23.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 48 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 24.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 38 | 7.4 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 65 | 8.5 | 13.213 h |
| December | 27.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 88 | 12.0 | 13.513 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
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 Nouméa) is explained once on the Nouméa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.