Kalgoorlie weather in October

In October, Kalgoorlie sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 13 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Kalgoorlie's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kalgoorlie's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 13 mm; 2.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 5:16 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 32%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6.79 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.2; out of 10

Kalgoorlie is city in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.

Density: 282/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1893

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 25°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical October day in Kalgoorlie reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 4°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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14

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

How October really feels in Kalgoorlie

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Kalgoorlie weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 19°	30	3.1	13.8	4.0
Feb	32° / 19°	40	3.9	13.1	4.7
Mar	29° / 17°	34	3.4	12.2	6.6
Apr	26° / 14°	19	3.3	11.3	8.0
May	21° / 10°	20	3.2	10.5	7.7
Jun	18° / 7°	19	4.1	10	6.6
Jul	17° / 6°	19	4.1	10.2	6.5
Aug	19° / 7°	20	3.8	10.9	7.4
Sep	23° / 9°	11	2.6	11.8	8.4
Oct	27° / 12°	13	2.5	12.8	8.2
Nov	29° / 15°	20	3.4	13.6	6.6
Dec	32° / 17°	18	2.8	14	5.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%. 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 (%)	80	80	80	80	81	80	80	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	78	77	77	77	76	76	75	75	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	73
Cloudier (%)	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	22	23	23	23	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	78	22
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	73	27

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Kalgoorlie gets around 13 mm of rain over 2.5 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 8% and peaks near 10% 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 (%)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10

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

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 98% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4
31	96	4

Wind in October

Winds average 19 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
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	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	19	light breeze
13	19	light breeze
14	19	light breeze
15	19	light breeze
16	19	light breeze
17	19	light breeze
18	19	light breeze
19	19	light breeze
20	19	light breeze
21	19	light breeze
22	19	light breeze
23	19	light breeze
24	19	light breeze
25	19	light breeze
26	19	light breeze
27	19	light breeze
28	19	light breeze
29	19	light breeze
30	19	light breeze
31	19	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 54 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 5:02 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 6:13 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	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:04	5:03	5:02
Sunset (PM)	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:34	5:52
2	12.3	5:33	5:53
3	12.4	5:32	5:53
4	12.4	5:30	5:54
5	12.4	5:29	5:54
6	12.5	5:28	5:55
7	12.5	5:27	5:56
8	12.5	5:26	5:56
9	12.5	5:24	5:57
10	12.6	5:23	5:58
11	12.6	5:22	5:58
12	12.6	5:21	5:59
13	12.7	5:20	6:00
14	12.7	5:19	6:01
15	12.7	5:17	6:01
16	12.8	5:16	6:02
17	12.8	5:15	6:03
18	12.8	5:14	6:03
19	12.9	5:13	6:04
20	12.9	5:12	6:05
21	12.9	5:11	6:06
22	12.9	5:10	6:06
23	13.0	5:09	6:07
24	13.0	5:08	6:08
25	13.0	5:07	6:09
26	13.1	5:06	6:09
27	13.1	5:05	6:10
28	13.1	5:04	6:11
29	13.1	5:04	6:12
30	13.2	5:03	6:13
31	13.2	5:02	6:13

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 6.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.76 kWh/m² to a high of 7.94 kWh/m² in December across the year — October's 6.79 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)	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.1	Intense
2	6.2	Intense
3	6.2	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.3	Intense
6	6.4	Intense
7	6.4	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.6	Intense
11	6.6	Intense
12	6.7	Intense
13	6.7	Intense
14	6.8	Intense
15	6.8	Intense
16	6.8	Intense
17	6.9	Intense
18	6.9	Intense
19	6.9	Intense
20	7.0	Intense
21	7.0	Intense
22	7.0	Intense
23	7.0	Intense
24	7.1	Intense
25	7.1	Intense
26	7.1	Intense
27	7.2	Intense
28	7.2	Intense
29	7.2	Intense
30	7.2	Intense
31	7.2	Intense

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Kalgoorlie?

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

8.2

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.0

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit Kalgoorlie for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Kalgoorlie in October

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

In October, Kalgoorlie sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Kalgoorlie in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kalgoorlie peaks around January 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	13	12	7	5	4	4	5	7	10	11	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	7	High
May	5	Moderate
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Kalgoorlie?

Kalgoorlie sits at 30.7°S, 121.5°E, 387 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Ellenbrook, 535 km away.

Topography around Kalgoorlie

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kalgoorlie has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m around an average of 378 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 341 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 410 m.

The land around Kalgoorlie is covered by artificial surfaces (32%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, trees (42%), shrubs (25%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (38%), shrubs (32%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

196 m

artificial surfaces 32%

16 km

341 m

trees 42%

80 km

410 m

trees 38%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

October weather nearby: Ellenbrook 535 km · Gosnells 540 km · Byford 543 km · Morley 544 km · Thornlie 544 km · Ballajura 544 km · Landsdale 546 km · Canning Vale 547 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 Kalgoorlie (-30.7461°, 121.4742°, elevation 387 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. 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	25	10
2	25	11
3	25	11
4	25	11
5	25	11
6	25	11
7	25	11
8	26	11
9	26	11
10	26	12
11	26	12
12	26	12
13	26	12
14	27	12
15	27	12
16	27	12
17	27	13
18	27	13
19	27	13
20	27	13
21	27	13
22	27	13
23	27	13
24	27	13
25	28	13
26	28	13
27	28	13
28	28	14
29	28	14
30	28	14
31	28	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	78	22
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4
31	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	78	22
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4
31	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	78	22
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4
31	96	4