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Gold Coast in October

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Gold Coast is warm: highs near 77°F, lows near 63°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 34 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Gold Coast is warm: highs near 25°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 34 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
77°F25°Caverage
Low
63°F17°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 34% of days
Daylight
12h 50mon average

Is October a good time to visit Gold Coast?

A good month, just outside Gold Coast'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 77°F in October, against 69°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 25°C in October, against 21°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

34% of days in October, against 19% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

27% cover in October, against 19% to 39% through the year.

Daylight

12h 50m in October, against 10h 24m to 13h 53m 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. September75°24°low 60°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. October77°25°low 63°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November80°27°low 67°low 19°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Gold Coast sits, in October

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:10 AMsets 5:53 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
28.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Brisbane70 km north-west

The land around Gold Coast, 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 Gold Coast

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Gold Coast. 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.