Point Cook weather in October

In October, Point Cook sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 57 mm of rain across 9.6 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 Point Cook's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Point Cook's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
7th warmest
Overnight low
11°
5th coldest
Rainfall
57 mm
9.6 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:36 AM – 7:36 PM
Cloud cover
60%
5th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Point Cook is suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical October day in Point Cook reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C warmer than September and about 2°C cooler than November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Point Cook weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 16°456.114.37.3
Feb22° / 17°43613.57.2
Mar20° / 16°356.812.36.9
Apr18° / 14°507.8116.1
May16° / 12°469.3104.9
Jun14° / 10°5310.49.43.8
Jul13° / 43109.63.5
Aug13° / 4710.410.53.7
Sep15° / 10°5410.411.74.3
Oct16° / 11°579.6135.2
Nov18° / 13°599146.0
Dec20° / 15°52814.66.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24456
34654
44555
54555
64654
74753
84852
94852
104852
114951
124951
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144951
154951
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174753
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194753
204753
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234456
244357
254357
264159
274060
284060
293961
303961
313961

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Point Cook gets around 57 mm of rain over 9.6 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 32% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
132
232
332
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532
631
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3134

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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39910
49910
59910
69910
79910
89820
99820
109820
119820
129820
139730
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259370
269370
279370
289181
299181
309181
319091

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 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
120breezy
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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 6:58 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 7:22 PM to 7:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:587:22
212.46:577:23
312.56:557:23
412.56:547:24
512.66:527:25
612.66:517:26
712.66:497:27
812.76:487:28
912.76:467:29
1012.86:457:30
1112.86:437:31
1212.86:427:32
1312.96:407:33
1412.96:397:34
1513.06:377:35
1613.06:367:36
1713.06:357:37
1813.16:337:38
1913.16:327:39
2013.26:317:40
2113.26:297:41
2213.26:287:42
2313.36:277:43
2413.36:267:44
2513.36:247:45
2613.46:237:46
2713.46:227:47
2813.56:217:48
2913.56:207:49
3013.56:197:51
3113.66:187:52

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 1.8 kWh/m² to a high of 7.14 kWh/m² in January across the year — October's 5.26 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
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44.8Bright
54.8Bright
64.9Bright
74.9Bright
85.0Bright
95.0Bright
105.0Bright
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125.1Bright
135.2Bright
145.2Bright
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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Point Cook

In seasonPeak

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

Point Cook sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Cyclone
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Point Cook?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
0.9
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Point Cook for sightseeing.

What to pack for Point Cook in October

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

In October, Point Cook sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Point Cook 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 offshore is warmest in February at about 21°C and coldest in August near 11°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 15 to Mar 11 — about 1.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan20Refreshing
Feb21Refreshing
Mar20Cool
Apr18Cool
May15Cool
Jun13Bracing
Jul12Bracing
Aug11Bracing
Sep12Bracing
Oct14Bracing
Nov17Cool
Dec19Cool

UV index in Point Cook 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 Point Cook peaks around December 19 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateLowModerateVery highExtremeDec 19UV 12Jun 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb10Extreme
Mar8Very high
Apr5Moderate
May3Moderate
Jun2Low
Jul2Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct7Very high
Nov10Very high
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Point Cook?

Point Cook sits at 37.9°S, 144.8°E, 10 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Altona Meadows, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Point Cook

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Point Cook has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,095 m.

The land around Point Cook is covered by artificial surfaces (35%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, water (44%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%), trees (25%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

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16 m
16 km
91 m
80 km
1,095 m
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October weather nearby: Altona Meadows 4.0 km · Hoppers Crossing 6.0 km · Werribee 8.0 km · Truganina 11 km · Wyndham Vale 11 km · Tarneit 12 km · Sunshine West 15 km · Deer Park 16 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
none 38%Roman Catholic 20%Protestant 18%other Christian 4%

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 Point Cook (-37.9148°, 144.7509°, elevation 10 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).