Climate averages 1991–2020
Wellington weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Wellington: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lower Hutt (14 km away). In October its highs average 14.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Wellington, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Wellington ranks 10th of 11 for the warmest October highs and 6th of 11 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 11 cities is 15.3°C; Wellington is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 83 mm to 69 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
Wellington climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 55 | 7.6 | 14.815 h |
| February | 18.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 56 | 6.1 | 13.714 h |
| March | 17.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 59 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| April | 15.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 73 | 9.1 | 11.011 h |
| May | 13.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 76 | 10.3 | 9.910 h |
| June | 12.0°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 95 | 12.1 | 9.29 h |
| July | 11.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 87 | 12.2 | 9.510 h |
| August | 11.3°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 82 | 12.7 | 10.510 h |
| September | 12.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 74 | 10.7 | 11.812 h |
| October, selected | 13.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 83 | 11.4 | 13.213 h |
| November | 14.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 69 | 9.1 | 14.414 h |
| December | 16.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 65 | 9.7 | 15.115 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
- Lower Hutt in OctoberNew Zealand · 14 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Palmerston North in OctoberNew Zealand · 125 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in OctoberNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.8°C · 65 mm rain
- New Plymouth in OctoberNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 171 mm rain
- Christchurch in OctoberNew Zealand · 305 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in OctoberNew Zealand · 392 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Tauranga in OctoberNew Zealand · 418 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 96 mm rain
- Manukau City in OctoberNew Zealand · 478 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 76 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 Wellington) is explained once on the Wellington year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.