Adelaide city centre weather in October

In October, Adelaide city centre sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 35 mm of rain across 6.4 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of October to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Adelaide city centre's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Adelaide city centre's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 35 mm; 6.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 6:34 AM – 7:27 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 7th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

Adelaide city centre is suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.

Density: 1,888/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical October day in Adelaide city centre reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C warmer than September and about 3°C cooler than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	11
2	17	11
3	17	11
4	17	11
5	17	11
6	17	11
7	17	11
8	17	11
9	18	11
10	18	11
11	18	11
12	18	11
13	18	12
14	18	12
15	18	12
16	18	12
17	18	12
18	18	12
19	18	12
20	18	12
21	18	12
22	18	12
23	19	12
24	19	12
25	19	12
26	19	12
27	19	12
28	19	12
29	19	12
30	19	12
31	19	12

Adelaide city centre weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 17°	19	3.2	14.1	8.5
Feb	24° / 17°	18	2.6	13.3	8.6
Mar	22° / 16°	19	3.5	12.3	8.1
Apr	20° / 14°	36	5.6	11.1	7.0
May	17° / 12°	52	8.6	10.2	5.5
Jun	14° / 10°	61	9.8	9.7	4.2
Jul	13° / 9°	64	10.3	9.9	3.8
Aug	14° / 9°	58	10.7	10.7	4.0
Sep	16° / 10°	53	9.6	11.8	5.0
Oct	18° / 12°	35	6.4	12.9	6.5
Nov	21° / 13°	30	5.3	13.8	7.2
Dec	23° / 15°	25	4.6	14.3	7.8

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	55	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	57	57	56	56	55	54	54	53	53	53	52	51	51	51	51	52
Cloudier (%)	45	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	43	43	44	44	45	46	46	47	47	47	48	49	49	49	49	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	55	45
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	52	48

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Adelaide city centre gets around 35 mm of rain over 6.4 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 21% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	25
3	24
4	24
5	23
6	23
7	22
8	22
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	20
13	20
14	20
15	20
16	19
17	19
18	19
19	19
20	19
21	19
22	19
23	19
24	20
25	20
26	20
27	21
28	21
29	22
30	22
31	22

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	93	7
31	93	7

Wind in October

Winds average 18 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	18	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	18	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
5	18	light breeze
6	18	light breeze
7	18	light breeze
8	18	light breeze
9	18	light breeze
10	18	light breeze
11	18	light breeze
12	18	light breeze
13	18	light breeze
14	18	light breeze
15	18	light breeze
16	18	light breeze
17	18	light breeze
18	18	light breeze
19	18	light breeze
20	18	light breeze
21	18	light breeze
22	18	light breeze
23	18	light breeze
24	18	light breeze
25	18	light breeze
26	18	light breeze
27	18	light breeze
28	18	light breeze
29	18	light breeze
30	18	light breeze
31	18	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of October to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:54 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 7:15 PM to 7:41 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:54	6:53	6:51	6:50	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17
Sunset (PM)	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:54	7:15
2	12.4	6:53	7:16
3	12.4	6:51	7:17
4	12.5	6:50	7:17
5	12.5	6:48	7:18
6	12.5	6:47	7:19
7	12.6	6:46	7:20
8	12.6	6:44	7:21
9	12.6	6:43	7:21
10	12.7	6:42	7:22
11	12.7	6:40	7:23
12	12.8	6:39	7:24
13	12.8	6:38	7:25
14	12.8	6:36	7:26
15	12.9	6:35	7:27
16	12.9	6:34	7:27
17	12.9	6:33	7:28
18	13.0	6:31	7:29
19	13.0	6:30	7:30
20	13.0	6:29	7:31
21	13.1	6:28	7:32
22	13.1	6:27	7:33
23	13.1	6:25	7:34
24	13.2	6:24	7:35
25	13.2	6:23	7:36
26	13.2	6:22	7:37
27	13.3	6:21	7:37
28	13.3	6:20	7:38
29	13.3	6:19	7:39
30	13.4	6:18	7:40
31	13.4	6:17	7:41

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.2 kWh/m² to a high of 7.83 kWh/m² in January across the year — October's 5.95 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	6.0	Bright
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.1	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.4	Intense
29	6.4	Intense
30	6.4	Intense
31	6.4	Intense

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Adelaide city centre

In seasonPeak

None of Adelaide city centre's seasonal hazards are active in October. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Adelaide city centre sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Cyclone

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Adelaide city centre?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

2.2

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Adelaide city centre for sightseeing.

What to pack for Adelaide city centre in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Adelaide city centre sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Adelaide city centre in October

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in October — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 22 km away) is warmest in February at about 22°C and coldest in August near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Dec 22 to Apr 3 — about 3.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	21	22	21	19	17	15	14	13	14	16	18	20
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	21	Refreshing
Feb	22	Refreshing
Mar	21	Refreshing
Apr	19	Cool
May	17	Cool
Jun	15	Cool
Jul	14	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	14	Bracing
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	20	Cool

UV index in Adelaide city centre in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Adelaide city centre peaks around January 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	11	9	5	3	3	3	4	6	8	10	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Adelaide city centre?

Adelaide city centre sits at 34.9°S, 138.6°E, 58 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Adelaide, 0.0 km away.

Topography around Adelaide city centre

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Adelaide city centre.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Adelaide city centre has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 43 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 714 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 700 m.

The land around Adelaide city centre is covered by artificial surfaces (65%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (39%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and water (36%), grassland (27%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

63 m

artificial surfaces 65%

16 km

714 m

artificial surfaces 39%

80 km

700 m

water 36%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves

← September Adelaide city centre year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Adelaide 0.0 km · Adelaide Hills 10 km · Parafield Gardens 16 km · Paralowie 19 km · Morphett Vale 24 km · Mount Barker 28 km · Gawler 39 km · Whyalla 232 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 90% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $65,130; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 4.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Adelaide city centre (-34.9287°, 138.6033°, elevation 58 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	11
2	17	11
3	17	11
4	17	11
5	17	11
6	17	11
7	17	11
8	17	11
9	18	11
10	18	11
11	18	11
12	18	11
13	18	12
14	18	12
15	18	12
16	18	12
17	18	12
18	18	12
19	18	12
20	18	12
21	18	12
22	18	12
23	19	12
24	19	12
25	19	12
26	19	12
27	19	12
28	19	12
29	19	12
30	19	12
31	19	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	55	45
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	25
3	24
4	24
5	23
6	23
7	22
8	22
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	20
13	20
14	20
15	20
16	19
17	19
18	19
19	19
20	19
21	19
22	19
23	19
24	20
25	20
26	20
27	21
28	21
29	22
30	22
31	22

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	93	7
31	93	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	11
2	17	11
3	17	11
4	17	11
5	17	11
6	17	11
7	17	11
8	17	11
9	18	11
10	18	11
11	18	11
12	18	11
13	18	12
14	18	12
15	18	12
16	18	12
17	18	12
18	18	12
19	18	12
20	18	12
21	18	12
22	18	12
23	19	12
24	19	12
25	19	12
26	19	12
27	19	12
28	19	12
29	19	12
30	19	12
31	19	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	55	45
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	25
3	24
4	24
5	23
6	23
7	22
8	22
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	20
13	20
14	20
15	20
16	19
17	19
18	19
19	19
20	19
21	19
22	19
23	19
24	20
25	20
26	20
27	21
28	21
29	22
30	22
31	22

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	93	7
31	93	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	11
2	17	11
3	17	11
4	17	11
5	17	11
6	17	11
7	17	11
8	17	11
9	18	11
10	18	11
11	18	11
12	18	11
13	18	12
14	18	12
15	18	12
16	18	12
17	18	12
18	18	12
19	18	12
20	18	12
21	18	12
22	18	12
23	19	12
24	19	12
25	19	12
26	19	12
27	19	12
28	19	12
29	19	12
30	19	12
31	19	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	55	45
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	25
3	24
4	24
5	23
6	23
7	22
8	22
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	20
13	20
14	20
15	20
16	19
17	19
18	19
19	19
20	19
21	19
22	19
23	19
24	20
25	20
26	20
27	21
28	21
29	22
30	22
31	22

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	93	7
31	93	7