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Brisbane in October

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Brisbane is warm: highs near 81°F, lows near 61°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 33 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Brisbane is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 33 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
81°F27°Caverage
Low
61°F16°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 30% of days
Daylight
12h 49mon average

Is October a good time to visit Brisbane?

A good month, just outside Brisbane's best months, which run from June to September.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 81°F in October, against 71°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in October, against 22°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

30% of days in October, against 16% to 48% through the year.

Cloud cover

27% cover in October, against 18% to 40% through the year.

Daylight

12h 49m in October, against 10h 26m to 13h 51m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. September78°26°low 57°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. October81°27°low 61°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November84°29°low 65°low 18°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Brisbane sits, in October

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:12 AMsets 5:55 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
27.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Gold Coast70 km south-east

The land around Brisbane, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Australia in October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Brisbane

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Brisbane. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.