Climate averages 1991–2020
Hamilton, New Zealand weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Hamilton, New Zealand: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tauranga (78 km away). In October its highs average 16.4°C, about as warm as Hamilton, New Zealand, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand ranks joint 2nd of 11 for the warmest October highs and 9th of 11 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 11 cities is 15.3°C; Hamilton, New Zealand is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 100 mm to 88 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
Hamilton, New Zealand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 70 | 8.8 | 14.414 h |
| February | 23.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 72 | 8.0 | 13.514 h |
| March | 21.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 72 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| April | 18.6°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 92 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| May | 15.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 107 | 11.4 | 10.110 h |
| June | 13.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 114 | 12.1 | 9.610 h |
| July | 12.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 127 | 13.3 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 122 | 14.8 | 10.711 h |
| September | 14.8°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 114 | 13.9 | 11.812 h |
| October, selected | 16.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 100 | 12.7 | 13.013 h |
| November | 18.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 88 | 11.0 | 14.114 h |
| December | 20.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 99 | 11.0 | 14.715 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
- Tauranga in OctoberNew Zealand · 78 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 96 mm rain
- Manukau City in OctoberNew Zealand · 95 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Auckland in OctoberNew Zealand · 114 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 77 mm rain
- New Plymouth in OctoberNew Zealand · 177 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 171 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in OctoberNew Zealand · 247 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Palmerston North in OctoberNew Zealand · 288 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in OctoberNew Zealand · 383 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Wellington in OctoberNew Zealand · 392 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 Hamilton) is explained once on the Hamilton, New Zealand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.