Climate averages 1991–2020
Manukau City weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Manukau City: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Auckland (19 km away). In October its highs average 16.4°C, about as warm as Manukau City, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Manukau City ranks joint 2nd of 11 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 11 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 11 cities is 15.3°C; Manukau City is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 71 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
Manukau City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 65 | 8.4 | 14.414 h |
| February | 22.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 64 | 8.1 | 13.513 h |
| March | 21.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 67 | 7.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 78 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| May | 16.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 92 | 10.5 | 10.210 h |
| June | 14.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 100 | 11.2 | 9.710 h |
| July | 13.5°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 112 | 12.9 | 9.910 h |
| August | 13.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 97 | 13.7 | 10.711 h |
| September | 15.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 86 | 12.9 | 11.812 h |
| October, selected | 16.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 76 | 11.4 | 13.013 h |
| November | 18.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 71 | 10.2 | 14.114 h |
| December | 20.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 87 | 10.9 | 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
- Auckland in OctoberNew Zealand · 19 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in OctoberNew Zealand · 95 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Tauranga in OctoberNew Zealand · 137 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 96 mm rain
- New Plymouth in OctoberNew Zealand · 241 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 171 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in OctoberNew Zealand · 341 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Palmerston North in OctoberNew Zealand · 379 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in OctoberNew Zealand · 470 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Wellington in OctoberNew Zealand · 478 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 Manukau City) is explained once on the Manukau City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.