Napier weather in October

In October, Napier sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 63 mm of rain across 9.3 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-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 38% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Napier's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Napier's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 63 mm; 9.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 6:26 AM – 7:29 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 5th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.38 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

Napier is city in the North Island of New Zealand.

Air quality: Excellent; PM10 13.7 µg/m³ · 2012
Density: 626/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1851

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 16°C through the month.

A typical October day in Napier 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 19°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Napier weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 16°	63	7.7	14.5	7.0
Feb	22° / 17°	56	8	13.6	6.8
Mar	20° / 15°	65	8.2	12.3	6.7
Apr	18° / 13°	80	8.8	11	6.1
May	16° / 11°	65	9.1	9.9	5.2
Jun	14° / 9°	79	10.1	9.3	4.1
Jul	13° / 8°	92	11.1	9.5	3.5
Aug	13° / 8°	71	10.6	10.4	3.8
Sep	15° / 9°	62	9.4	11.7	4.6
Oct	16° / 11°	63	9.3	13	5.4
Nov	18° / 13°	58	8.8	14.2	6.1
Dec	20° / 15°	58	9.3	14.7	6.4

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 44%.

	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 (%)	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	56	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	59	59	58	57	57	57	55	55	54	54	53
Cloudier (%)	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	44	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	41	41	42	43	43	43	45	45	46	46	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	56	44
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	53	47

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Napier gets around 63 mm of rain over 9.3 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 30% and peaks near 32% 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 (%)	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29

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

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.

	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	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	95	94	94	93	93	92	91	90	89
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	10	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
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	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	92	8
29	91	9
30	90	10
31	89	11

Wind in October

Winds average 16 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 15 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	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	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
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11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
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17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
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27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of October to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:49 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 7:14 PM to 7:46 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	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:39	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	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:06
Sunset (PM)	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	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	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:45	7:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:49	7:14
2	12.5	6:47	7:15
3	12.5	6:46	7:16
4	12.5	6:44	7:17
5	12.6	6:43	7:18
6	12.6	6:41	7:19
7	12.7	6:39	7:20
8	12.7	6:38	7:21
9	12.8	6:36	7:22
10	12.8	6:35	7:23
11	12.8	6:33	7:24
12	12.9	6:32	7:25
13	12.9	6:30	7:26
14	13.0	6:29	7:27
15	13.0	6:27	7:28
16	13.1	6:26	7:29
17	13.1	6:24	7:30
18	13.1	6:23	7:31
19	13.2	6:21	7:32
20	13.2	6:20	7:33
21	13.3	6:19	7:35
22	13.3	6:17	7:36
23	13.3	6:16	7:37
24	13.4	6:15	7:38
25	13.4	6:13	7:39
26	13.5	6:12	7:40
27	13.5	6:11	7:41
28	13.5	6:10	7:42
29	13.6	6:08	7:43
30	13.6	6:07	7:45
31	13.7	6:06	7:46

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.8 kWh/m² to a high of 6.98 kWh/m² in January across the year — October's 5.38 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	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8
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	4.7	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	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Napier?

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

0.9

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Napier for sightseeing.

What to pack for Napier in October

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

In October, Napier sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Napier 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 22 km away) is warmest in February at about 20°C and coldest in August near 13°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)	19	20	19	18	16	14	13	13	13	14	16	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	19	Cool
Feb	20	Cool
Mar	19	Cool
Apr	18	Cool
May	16	Cool
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Napier 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 Napier peaks around January 13 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 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)	12	11	7	5	2	2	2	3	4	7	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	7	High
Apr	5	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	High
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Napier?

Napier sits at 39.5°S, 176.9°E, 6 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Hastings, 17 km away.

Topography around Napier

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Napier has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 366 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,719 m.

The land around Napier is covered by water (52%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, water (51%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (37%), water (32%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

97 m

water 52%

16 km

366 m

water 51%

80 km

1,719 m

grassland 37%

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

October weather nearby: Hastings 17 km · Taupo 115 km · Gisborne 133 km · Palmerston North 147 km · Rotorua 161 km · Whanganui 167 km · Whakatane 171 km · Levin 188 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 Napier (-39.4926°, 176.9123°, elevation 6 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	16	10
2	16	10
3	16	10
4	16	10
5	16	10
6	16	11
7	16	11
8	16	11
9	16	11
10	16	11
11	16	11
12	16	11
13	16	11
14	16	11
15	16	11
16	16	11
17	16	11
18	17	11
19	17	11
20	17	11
21	17	11
22	17	11
23	17	11
24	17	11
25	17	12
26	17	12
27	17	12
28	17	12
29	17	12
30	17	12
31	17	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	56	44
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	53	47

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
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	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	92	8
29	91	9
30	90	10
31	89	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	56	44
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	53	47

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
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	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	92	8
29	91	9
30	90	10
31	89	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	56	44
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	53	47

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
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	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	92	8
29	91	9
30	90	10
31	89	11