Burnie weather in October

In October, Burnie sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 68 mm of rain across 10.3 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of October to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Burnie's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Burnie's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 68 mm; 10.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 6:28 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 9th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Burnie is port city in Tasmania, Australia.

Founded: 1827

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month.

A typical October day in Burnie reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°C warmer than September and about 2°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10

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

Burnie weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 14°	59	6.6	14.6	6.6
Feb	19° / 14°	47	6.8	13.6	6.5
Mar	18° / 13°	50	7.5	12.3	6.2
Apr	16° / 11°	61	8.5	10.9	5.0
May	14° / 10°	84	10.7	9.7	4.0
Jun	12° / 9°	90	11.2	9.1	3.1
Jul	11° / 8°	104	12.7	9.4	2.7
Aug	11° / 8°	96	13.1	10.4	2.7
Sep	12° / 8°	86	12.6	11.7	3.1
Oct	13° / 9°	68	10.3	13.1	3.8
Nov	15° / 11°	63	9.1	14.3	4.7
Dec	17° / 12°	58	8	14.9	5.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

	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 (%)	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	50	50	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	50	50	49	48	48	48	48
Cloudier (%)	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	50	50	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	50	50	51	52	52	52	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	49	51
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Burnie gets around 68 mm of rain over 10.3 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 34% and peaks near 39% 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 (%)	39	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	38
4	38
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	35
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	33
14	33
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	31
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	33
30	33
31	33

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 99% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

Wind in October

Winds average 20 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 21 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of October to 13 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:52 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 7:18 PM to 7:53 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)	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:41	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:07
Sunset (PM)	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:52	7:18
2	12.5	6:51	7:19
3	12.5	6:49	7:20
4	12.6	6:47	7:22
5	12.6	6:46	7:23
6	12.7	6:44	7:24
7	12.7	6:42	7:25
8	12.8	6:41	7:26
9	12.8	6:39	7:27
10	12.8	6:37	7:28
11	12.9	6:36	7:29
12	12.9	6:34	7:30
13	13.0	6:33	7:32
14	13.0	6:31	7:33
15	13.1	6:29	7:34
16	13.1	6:28	7:35
17	13.2	6:26	7:36
18	13.2	6:25	7:37
19	13.3	6:23	7:38
20	13.3	6:22	7:40
21	13.3	6:20	7:41
22	13.4	6:19	7:42
23	13.4	6:18	7:43
24	13.5	6:16	7:44
25	13.5	6:15	7:45
26	13.6	6:14	7:47
27	13.6	6:12	7:48
28	13.6	6:11	7:49
29	13.7	6:10	7:50
30	13.7	6:08	7:51
31	13.8	6:07	7:53

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.6 kWh/m² to a high of 7.1 kWh/m² in January across the year — October's 5.3 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)	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Burnie?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Burnie.

What to pack for Burnie in October

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

In October, Burnie sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Burnie in October

The nearest coast averages about 13°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 20 km away) is warmest in February at about 18°C and coldest in August near 12°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	18	18	17	15	14	13	12	12	13	14	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	18	Cool
Mar	18	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	15	Cool
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	12	Bracing
Oct	13	Bracing
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Burnie in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Burnie peaks around December 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	10	8	4	2	1	2	3	4	7	8	12
Level	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	1	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	High
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Burnie?

Burnie sits at 41.1°S, 145.9°E, 29 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Devonport, 40 km away.

Topography around Burnie

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Burnie has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 180 m around an average of 49 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 482 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,545 m.

The land around Burnie is covered by water (43%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, water (49%), grassland (25%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

180 m

water 43%

16 km

482 m

water 49%

80 km

1,545 m

trees 50%

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← September Burnie year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Devonport 40 km · Launceston 111 km · Hobart 235 km · Mount Martha 319 km · Warragul 322 km · Traralgon 323 km · Mornington 324 km · Mount Eliza 327 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 Burnie (-41.0558°, 145.9038°, elevation 29 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. 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	13	9
2	13	9
3	13	9
4	13	9
5	13	9
6	13	9
7	13	9
8	13	9
9	13	9
10	13	9
11	13	9
12	13	9
13	13	9
14	13	9
15	13	9
16	13	9
17	14	9
18	14	9
19	14	9
20	14	9
21	14	9
22	14	9
23	14	9
24	14	9
25	14	9
26	14	9
27	14	9
28	14	9
29	14	10
30	14	10
31	14	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	49	51
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	38
4	38
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	35
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	33
14	33
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	31
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	49	51
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	38
4	38
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	35
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	33
14	33
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	31
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	49	51
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	38
4	38
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	35
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	33
14	33
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	31
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3