Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunedin weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Dunedin: daytime highs average 13.1°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Christchurch (310 km away). In October its highs average 15.5°C, 2.4°C warmer than Dunedin, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Dunedin ranks 11th of 11 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 11 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 11 cities is 15.3°C; Dunedin is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 77 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
Dunedin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 89 | 12.9 | 15.315 h |
| February | 17.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 74 | 10.5 | 14.014 h |
| March | 16.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 59 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| April | 13.9°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 9.3 | 10.811 h |
| May | 11.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 50 | 9.7 | 9.49 h |
| June | 8.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 46 | 9.2 | 8.79 h |
| July | 8.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 39 | 8.0 | 9.09 h |
| August | 9.7°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 41 | 9.4 | 10.210 h |
| September | 11.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 50 | 10.6 | 11.712 h |
| October, selected | 13.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 74 | 13.5 | 13.413 h |
| November | 14.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 77 | 13.6 | 14.815 h |
| December | 16.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 96 | 14.4 | 15.616 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
- Christchurch in OctoberNew Zealand · 310 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Wellington in OctoberNew Zealand · 615 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in OctoberNew Zealand · 628 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Palmerston North in OctoberNew Zealand · 740 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in OctoberNew Zealand · 982 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Tauranga in OctoberNew Zealand · 1024 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 96 mm rain
- Manukau City in OctoberNew Zealand · 1052 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Auckland in OctoberNew Zealand · 1064 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 77 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 Dunedin) is explained once on the Dunedin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.