Climate averages 1991–2020
New Plymouth weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in New Plymouth: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hamilton, New Zealand (177 km away). In October its highs average 16.4°C, 1.7°C warmer than New Plymouth, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, New Plymouth ranks 8th of 11 for the warmest October highs and 11th of 11 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 11 cities is 15.3°C; New Plymouth is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 171 mm to 134 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
New Plymouth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 106 | 10.3 | 14.615 h |
| February | 20.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 104 | 9.0 | 13.614 h |
| March | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 109 | 10.5 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 154 | 12.6 | 11.111 h |
| May | 14.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 183 | 14.1 | 10.010 h |
| June | 12.7°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 185 | 14.7 | 9.59 h |
| July | 11.9°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 189 | 16.2 | 9.710 h |
| August | 12.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 177 | 16.0 | 10.611 h |
| September | 13.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 173 | 15.6 | 11.812 h |
| October, selected | 14.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 171 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| November | 16.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 134 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| December | 18.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 160 | 13.4 | 14.815 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
- Hamilton, New Zealand in OctoberNew Zealand · 177 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Palmerston North in OctoberNew Zealand · 194 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Tauranga in OctoberNew Zealand · 238 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 96 mm rain
- Manukau City in OctoberNew Zealand · 241 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in OctoberNew Zealand · 246 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in OctoberNew Zealand · 249 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Auckland in OctoberNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Wellington in OctoberNew Zealand · 254 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 New Plymouth) is explained once on the New Plymouth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.