Hobart weather in October

In October, Hobart sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 55 mm of rain across 11.3 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of October to 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Hobart's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hobart's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 55 mm; 11.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 6:20 AM – 7:31 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 10th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.79 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Hobart is capital city of Tasmania, Australia.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 6.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 188/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1803

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 15°C through the month.

A typical October day in Hobart reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°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)	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Hobart weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 12°	47	7.8	14.8	6.5
Feb	20° / 12°	44	7.3	13.8	6.4
Mar	19° / 11°	45	8.2	12.4	6.1
Apr	16° / 9°	47	8.8	10.9	5.1
May	14° / 8°	44	9.3	9.6	3.9
Jun	12° / 6°	46	8.9	8.9	3.0
Jul	11° / 5°	47	10.5	9.2	2.7
Aug	12° / 6°	58	11.4	10.2	3.0
Sep	14° / 7°	53	11.2	11.7	3.7
Oct	15° / 8°	55	11.3	13.2	4.3
Nov	17° / 9°	60	11.3	14.5	5.0
Dec	18° / 11°	58	9.7	15.1	5.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 66%.

	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 (%)	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	32	32	31	31	30
Cloudier (%)	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	68	68	69	69	70

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	30	70

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Hobart gets around 55 mm of rain over 11.3 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 38% and peaks near 38% 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 (%)	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38

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

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

	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	100	0
11	100	0
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	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in October

Winds average 13 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of October to 13 h 54 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 6:46 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 7:50 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)	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:17	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58
Sunset (PM)	7:13	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:46	7:13
2	12.5	6:44	7:15
3	12.6	6:42	7:16
4	12.6	6:40	7:17
5	12.7	6:39	7:18
6	12.7	6:37	7:19
7	12.8	6:35	7:21
8	12.8	6:33	7:22
9	12.9	6:32	7:23
10	12.9	6:30	7:24
11	13.0	6:28	7:25
12	13.0	6:27	7:27
13	13.0	6:25	7:28
14	13.1	6:23	7:29
15	13.1	6:22	7:30
16	13.2	6:20	7:31
17	13.2	6:18	7:33
18	13.3	6:17	7:34
19	13.3	6:15	7:35
20	13.4	6:14	7:36
21	13.4	6:12	7:38
22	13.5	6:11	7:39
23	13.5	6:09	7:40
24	13.6	6:08	7:42
25	13.6	6:06	7:43
26	13.7	6:05	7:44
27	13.7	6:03	7:45
28	13.7	6:02	7:47
29	13.8	6:01	7:48
30	13.8	5:59	7:49
31	13.9	5:58	7:50

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.36 kWh/m² to a high of 6.44 kWh/m² in January across the year — October's 4.79 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)	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	4.1	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Hobart?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Hobart for sightseeing.

What to pack for Hobart in October

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

In October, Hobart sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Hobart in October

The nearest coast averages about 12°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 36 km away) is warmest in February at about 17°C and coldest in September 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)	16	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	14
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

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

UV index in Hobart in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hobart peaks around December 22 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 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	9	7	4	2	1	1	2	4	6	8	12
Level	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Low
Jun	1	Low
Jul	1	Low
Aug	2	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	6	High
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Hobart?

Hobart sits at 42.9°S, 147.3°E, 19 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Launceston, 161 km away.

Topography around Hobart

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hobart has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 377 m around an average of 52 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,264 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,405 m.

The land around Hobart is covered by water (37%), artificial surfaces (32%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, trees (48%), water (22%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (46%), water (32%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

377 m

water 37%

16 km

1,264 m

trees 48%

80 km

1,405 m

trees 46%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

October weather nearby: Launceston 161 km · Devonport 206 km · Burnie 235 km · Traralgon 525 km · Warragul 538 km · Mount Martha 549 km · Mornington 553 km · Langwarrin 555 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 Hobart (-42.8794°, 147.3294°, elevation 19 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	14	7
2	14	7
3	14	7
4	14	7
5	14	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	15	7
11	15	8
12	15	8
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	15	8
16	15	8
17	15	8
18	15	8
19	15	8
20	15	8
21	15	8
22	15	8
23	16	8
24	16	8
25	16	8
26	16	8
27	16	8
28	16	8
29	16	8
30	16	8
31	16	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	30	70

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

	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	100	0
11	100	0
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	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	30	70

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

	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	100	0
11	100	0
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	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	30	70

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

	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	100	0
11	100	0
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	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2