Lower Hutt weather in October

In October, Lower Hutt sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 88 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 Lower Hutt's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lower Hutt's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 88 mm; 11.7 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 6:32 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 9th clearest
Wind: 22 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Lower Hutt is city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand.

Air quality: Excellent; PM10 10.1 µg/m³ · 2012
Density: 303/km²; people per km²

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 14°C through the month.

A typical October day in Lower Hutt reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°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)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Lower Hutt weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 8th-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	19° / 14°	58	8.3	14.6	6.3
Feb	19° / 14°	56	7.3	13.7	6.6
Mar	18° / 13°	59	8.1	12.3	6.2
Apr	16° / 11°	70	9.7	10.9	5.1
May	14° / 9°	70	10.4	9.7	4.1
Jun	12° / 8°	88	11.9	9.1	3.1
Jul	11° / 7°	84	12	9.3	2.7
Aug	12° / 7°	81	13.3	10.4	2.8
Sep	13° / 8°	76	11.6	11.7	3.4
Oct	14° / 9°	88	11.7	13.1	3.9
Nov	15° / 11°	73	10.5	14.3	4.7
Dec	17° / 12°	69	10.6	14.9	5.5

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%. Skies tend to open up 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 (%)	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	48	47	48	48	49	50	51	50	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	49	49
Cloudier (%)	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	55	55	54	54	53	52	53	52	52	51	50	49	50	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	51	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	47	53
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	49	51
31	49	51

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Lower Hutt gets around 88 mm of rain over 11.7 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 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	39	38	38	37	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	41
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	36
22	35
23	35
24	34
25	34
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	34

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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	96	96	95
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5

	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	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	95	5

Wind in October

Winds average 22 km/h in October, the windiest month of the year.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 22 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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

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 6:56 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 7:22 PM to 7:57 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	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:56	6:55	6:53	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:46	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:11
Sunset (PM)	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:56	7:57

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

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.57 kWh/m² to a high of 7.16 kWh/m² in January across the year — October's 5.18 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Lower Hutt?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lower Hutt.

What to pack for Lower Hutt in October

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

In October, Lower Hutt sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Lower Hutt 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 18 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 Lower Hutt 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 Lower Hutt peaks around January 1 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 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 Lower Hutt?

Lower Hutt sits at 41.2°S, 174.9°E, 9 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Wainuiomata, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Lower Hutt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lower Hutt has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 347 m around an average of 64 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 907 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,512 m.

The land around Lower Hutt is covered by trees (45%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and water (58%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

347 m

trees 45%

16 km

907 m

trees 55%

80 km

1,512 m

water 58%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

October weather nearby: Wainuiomata 6.0 km · Porirua 11 km · Wellington 14 km · Upper Hutt 14 km · Karori 16 km · Paraparaumu 34 km · Masterton 68 km · Levin 72 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 Lower Hutt (-41.2167°, 174.9167°, 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	13	9
2	13	9
3	13	9
4	13	9
5	14	9
6	14	9
7	14	9
8	14	9
9	14	9
10	14	9
11	14	9
12	14	9
13	14	9
14	14	9
15	14	9
16	14	9
17	14	9
18	14	9
19	14	9
20	14	9
21	14	9
22	14	9
23	14	10
24	14	10
25	14	10
26	14	10
27	15	10
28	15	10
29	15	10
30	15	10
31	15	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	47	53
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	49	51
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	41
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	36
22	35
23	35
24	34
25	34
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	34

	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	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	47	53
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	49	51
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	41
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	36
22	35
23	35
24	34
25	34
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	34

	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	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	47	53
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	49	51
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	41
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	36
22	35
23	35
24	34
25	34
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	34

	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	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	95	5