Climate averages 1991–2020
Auckland weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Auckland: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manukau City (19 km away). In October its highs average 16.4°C, about as warm as Auckland, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Auckland ranks joint 2nd of 11 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 11 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 11 cities is 15.3°C; Auckland is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 74 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
Auckland climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 68 | 8.7 | 14.414 h |
| February | 22.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 65 | 8.0 | 13.513 h |
| March | 21.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 69 | 8.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 75 | 9.5 | 11.211 h |
| May | 16.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 96 | 11.5 | 10.210 h |
| June | 14.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 101 | 11.8 | 9.710 h |
| July | 13.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 114 | 14.0 | 9.910 h |
| August | 13.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 104 | 14.6 | 10.711 h |
| September | 15.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 93 | 13.6 | 11.812 h |
| October, selected | 16.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 77 | 11.9 | 13.013 h |
| November | 18.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 74 | 10.8 | 14.114 h |
| December | 20.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 92 | 11.0 | 14.615 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
- Manukau City in OctoberNew Zealand · 19 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in OctoberNew Zealand · 114 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Tauranga in OctoberNew Zealand · 155 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 96 mm rain
- New Plymouth in OctoberNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 171 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in OctoberNew Zealand · 360 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Palmerston North in OctoberNew Zealand · 397 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in OctoberNew Zealand · 486 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Wellington in OctoberNew Zealand · 493 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 83 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 Auckland) is explained once on the Auckland year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.