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Melbourne in October

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Melbourne is mild: highs near 68°F, lows near 50°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 50 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Melbourne is mild: highs near 20°C, lows near 10°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 50 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
68°F20°Caverage
Low
50°F10°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
13h 11mon average

Is October a good time to visit Melbourne?

A good month, just outside Melbourne's best months, which run from December to March.

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 68°F in October, against 58°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 20°C in October, against 14°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in October, against 20% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

45% cover in October, against 35% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

13h 11m in October, against 9h 35m to 14h 44m 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. September64°18°low 47°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. October68°20°low 50°low 10°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November73°23°low 53°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Melbourne sits, in October

Australia/Melbourne
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:36 AMsets 7:36 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
37.8°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Merricks North61 km south

The land around Melbourne, 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 Melbourne

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