Blenheim weather in October

In October, Blenheim sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 83 mm of rain across 11.1 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 Blenheim's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Blenheim's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 83 mm; 11.1 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 6:35 AM – 7:43 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 10th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Blenheim is town in New Zealand.

Air quality: Good; PM10 18.5 µg/m³ · 2012
Density: 287/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1850

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 14°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical October day in Blenheim reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 18°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	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	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	9	9	9	9	9	9

	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	8
8	15	8
9	15	8
10	15	8
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	16	8
22	16	8
23	16	8
24	16	8
25	16	8
26	16	9
27	16	9
28	16	9
29	16	9
30	16	9
31	16	9

Blenheim weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 13°	60	8.1	14.7	6.6
Feb	20° / 13°	53	6.3	13.7	6.9
Mar	19° / 11°	53	7.1	12.3	6.6
Apr	16° / 9°	67	8.2	10.9	5.5
May	14° / 7°	63	8.4	9.7	4.4
Jun	12° / 5°	81	9.4	9.1	3.1
Jul	11° / 5°	76	9.7	9.3	2.7
Aug	12° / 5°	74	10.8	10.3	3.1
Sep	13° / 7°	73	10.3	11.7	3.8
Oct	15° / 8°	83	11.1	13.1	4.6
Nov	17° / 10°	73	9.9	14.3	5.4
Dec	19° / 12°	73	10.4	14.9	6.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 50%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Blenheim gets around 83 mm of rain over 11.1 wet days in October, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 36% and peaks near 40% 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 (%)	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	40	40	39	39	39	38	38	37	36	35	35	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	38
4	38
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	40
10	40
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	38
15	38
16	37
17	36
18	35
19	35
20	34
21	33
22	33
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

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

Wind in October

Winds average 16 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
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	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	16	light breeze
8	16	light breeze
9	16	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

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 7:00 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 7:26 PM to 8:01 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	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:00	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:53	6:51	6:50	6:48	6:46	6:45	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:31	6:29	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:15	6:14
Sunset (PM)	7:26	7:27	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	7:00	7:26
2	12.5	6:58	7:27
3	12.5	6:57	7:29
4	12.6	6:55	7:30
5	12.6	6:53	7:31
6	12.7	6:51	7:32
7	12.7	6:50	7:33
8	12.8	6:48	7:34
9	12.8	6:46	7:35
10	12.9	6:45	7:36
11	12.9	6:43	7:38
12	13.0	6:41	7:39
13	13.0	6:40	7:40
14	13.0	6:38	7:41
15	13.1	6:37	7:42
16	13.1	6:35	7:43
17	13.2	6:34	7:44
18	13.2	6:32	7:46
19	13.3	6:31	7:47
20	13.3	6:29	7:48
21	13.4	6:28	7:49
22	13.4	6:26	7:50
23	13.4	6:25	7:52
24	13.5	6:23	7:53
25	13.5	6:22	7:54
26	13.6	6:21	7:55
27	13.6	6:19	7:56
28	13.7	6:18	7:58
29	13.7	6:17	7:59
30	13.7	6:15	8:00
31	13.8	6:14	8:01

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.7 kWh/m² to a high of 7.31 kWh/m² in January across the year — October's 5.5 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)	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1
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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Blenheim?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Blenheim for sightseeing.

What to pack for Blenheim in October

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

In October, Blenheim 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 Blenheim 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 21 km away) is warmest in February at about 17°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)	16	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	13	14	15
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	12	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	12	Bracing
Oct	13	Bracing
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	15	Bracing

UV index in Blenheim 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 Blenheim peaks around January 11 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 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	6	4	2	1	2	3	4	6	9	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	6	High
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Low
Jun	1	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	6	High
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	11	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Blenheim?

Blenheim sits at 41.5°S, 174.0°E, 9 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Picton, 25 km away.

Topography around Blenheim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Blenheim has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 899 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,829 m.

The land around Blenheim is covered by grassland (47%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, grassland (53%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and water (47%), trees (28%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

79 m

grassland 47%

16 km

899 m

grassland 53%

80 km

2,829 m

water 47%

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

October weather nearby: Picton 25 km · Nelson 62 km · Stoke 64 km · Richmond 67 km · Karori 71 km · Wellington 73 km · Porirua 86 km · Lower Hutt 87 km

New Zealand travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 86% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $49,591; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.5; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 9.6; 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 Blenheim (-41.516°, 173.9528°, elevation 9 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	8
8	15	8
9	15	8
10	15	8
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	16	8
22	16	8
23	16	8
24	16	8
25	16	8
26	16	9
27	16	9
28	16	9
29	16	9
30	16	9
31	16	9

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	38
4	38
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	40
10	40
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	38
15	38
16	37
17	36
18	35
19	35
20	34
21	33
22	33
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

	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	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

	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	8
8	15	8
9	15	8
10	15	8
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	16	8
22	16	8
23	16	8
24	16	8
25	16	8
26	16	9
27	16	9
28	16	9
29	16	9
30	16	9
31	16	9

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	38
4	38
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	40
10	40
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	38
15	38
16	37
17	36
18	35
19	35
20	34
21	33
22	33
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

	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	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

	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	8
8	15	8
9	15	8
10	15	8
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	16	8
22	16	8
23	16	8
24	16	8
25	16	8
26	16	9
27	16	9
28	16	9
29	16	9
30	16	9
31	16	9

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	38
4	38
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	40
10	40
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	38
15	38
16	37
17	36
18	35
19	35
20	34
21	33
22	33
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

	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	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3