Officer weather in October

In October, Officer sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 86 mm of rain across 13.2 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-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 22% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Officer's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Officer's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 86 mm; 13.2 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 6:33 AM – 7:34 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 6th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

Officer is suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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 Officer reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 3°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	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Officer weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 13°	60	7.6	14.3	7.3
Feb	25° / 14°	53	7	13.5	7.3
Mar	23° / 12°	47	7.6	12.3	7.3
Apr	19° / 10°	63	8.8	11	6.2
May	16° / 8°	67	11.2	10	4.6
Jun	13° / 6°	70	12	9.4	3.4
Jul	12° / 6°	70	13.1	9.6	3.0
Aug	13° / 6°	87	14.6	10.5	3.4
Sep	16° / 7°	92	14.2	11.7	4.3
Oct	18° / 8°	86	13.2	13	5.4
Nov	21° / 10°	81	10.9	14.1	6.2
Dec	23° / 12°	76	9.9	14.6	6.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

	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 (%)	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	40	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	40	40	40	40	40	38	38	38	37	37	35	35	35	35	35
Cloudier (%)	61	61	61	60	60	60	59	59	60	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	60	60	60	60	60	62	62	62	63	63	65	65	65	65	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	40	60
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	35	65

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Officer gets around 86 mm of rain over 13.2 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 43% and peaks near 45% 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 (%)	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	44
7	44
8	44
9	44
10	44
11	45
12	45
13	45
14	44
15	44
16	44
17	43
18	43
19	43
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

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 97% 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	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	95	95	94	93	93	93	92	92
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	98	2	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	98	2	0
13	98	2	0
14	97	3	0
15	97	3	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	96	4	0
21	96	4	0
22	96	4	0
23	96	4	0
24	95	5	0
25	95	5	0
26	94	5	1
27	93	6	1
28	93	6	1
29	93	6	1
30	92	7	1
31	92	7	1

Wind in October

Winds average 11 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
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7	12	calm
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10	12	calm
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30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of October to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:56 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 7:19 PM to 7:49 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	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:46	6:45	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15
Sunset (PM)	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:56	7:19
2	12.4	6:54	7:20
3	12.5	6:53	7:21
4	12.5	6:51	7:22
5	12.6	6:49	7:23
6	12.6	6:48	7:24
7	12.6	6:46	7:25
8	12.7	6:45	7:26
9	12.7	6:43	7:27
10	12.8	6:42	7:28
11	12.8	6:40	7:29
12	12.8	6:39	7:30
13	12.9	6:38	7:31
14	12.9	6:36	7:32
15	13.0	6:35	7:33
16	13.0	6:33	7:34
17	13.0	6:32	7:35
18	13.1	6:31	7:36
19	13.1	6:29	7:37
20	13.2	6:28	7:38
21	13.2	6:27	7:39
22	13.2	6:25	7:40
23	13.3	6:24	7:41
24	13.3	6:23	7:42
25	13.4	6:22	7:43
26	13.4	6:20	7:44
27	13.4	6:19	7:45
28	13.5	6:18	7:46
29	13.5	6:17	7:47
30	13.5	6:16	7:48
31	13.6	6:15	7:49

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.77 kWh/m² to a high of 7.21 kWh/m² in January across the year — October's 5.26 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)	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
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	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Officer?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.9

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Officer for sightseeing.

What to pack for Officer in October

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

In October, Officer sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Officer in October

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 26 km away) is warmest in February at about 21°C and coldest in August near 11°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 18 to Mar 11 — about 1.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	20	21	20	18	15	13	12	11	12	14	17	18
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	20	Refreshing
Feb	21	Refreshing
Mar	20	Cool
Apr	18	Cool
May	15	Cool
Jun	13	Bracing
Jul	12	Bracing
Aug	11	Bracing
Sep	12	Bracing
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	18	Cool

UV index in Officer 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 Officer peaks around December 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

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)	11	10	8	5	3	2	2	3	4	8	10	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Officer?

Officer sits at 38.1°S, 145.4°E, 45 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Pakenham, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Officer

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Officer has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m around an average of 55 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 400 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,563 m.

The land around Officer is covered by grassland (38%), trees (30%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, grassland (35%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and trees (35%), grassland (30%) and water (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

157 m

grassland 38%

16 km

400 m

grassland 35%

80 km

1,563 m

trees 35%

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

October weather nearby: Pakenham 6.0 km · Berwick 6.0 km · Cranbourne North 10 km · Narre Warren 10 km · Narre Warren South 10 km · Cranbourne East 12 km · Cranbourne 13 km · Cranbourne West 13 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 Officer (-38.0592°, 145.4095°, elevation 45 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	17	8
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	17	8
5	17	8
6	17	8
7	18	8
8	18	8
9	18	8
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	18	8
20	19	8
21	19	8
22	19	8
23	19	8
24	19	8
25	19	8
26	19	9
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	19	9
30	19	9
31	19	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	40	60
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	44
7	44
8	44
9	44
10	44
11	45
12	45
13	45
14	44
15	44
16	44
17	43
18	43
19	43
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	98	2	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	98	2	0
13	98	2	0
14	97	3	0
15	97	3	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	96	4	0
21	96	4	0
22	96	4	0
23	96	4	0
24	95	5	0
25	95	5	0
26	94	5	1
27	93	6	1
28	93	6	1
29	93	6	1
30	92	7	1
31	92	7	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	40	60
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	44
7	44
8	44
9	44
10	44
11	45
12	45
13	45
14	44
15	44
16	44
17	43
18	43
19	43
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	98	2	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	98	2	0
13	98	2	0
14	97	3	0
15	97	3	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	96	4	0
21	96	4	0
22	96	4	0
23	96	4	0
24	95	5	0
25	95	5	0
26	94	5	1
27	93	6	1
28	93	6	1
29	93	6	1
30	92	7	1
31	92	7	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	40	60
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	44
7	44
8	44
9	44
10	44
11	45
12	45
13	45
14	44
15	44
16	44
17	43
18	43
19	43
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	98	2	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	98	2	0
13	98	2	0
14	97	3	0
15	97	3	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	96	4	0
21	96	4	0
22	96	4	0
23	96	4	0
24	95	5	0
25	95	5	0
26	94	5	1
27	93	6	1
28	93	6	1
29	93	6	1
30	92	7	1
31	92	7	1