October Temperatures in New Zealand

Average temperatures for October at cities, towns, beaches and islands throughout New Zealand are listed below.

Separate lists for the North, South and outlying islands give the month's maximum and minimum temperatures, in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit, based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

North Island

Average October temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
64	52	Auckland	18	11
62	53	Cape Reinga	17	12
66	48	Gisborne	19	9
65	52	Great Barrier Island	19	11
65	47	Hamilton	18	8
63	50	Kaikohe	17	10
64	51	Kaitaia	18	11
66	49	Kerikeri	19	9
65	45	Masterton	18	7
66	47	Napier	19	9
61	49	New Plymouth	16	9
62	47	Palmerston North	17	8
62	45	Rotorua	16	7
61	44	Taupo	16	6
65	50	Tauranga	19	10
65	50	Thames	19	10
65	50	Waiheke Island	18	10
59	49	Wellington	15	9
52	35	Whakapapa Village, Tongariro	11	2
62	49	Whanganui	17	10
64	52	Whangaparaoa	18	11
66	52	Whangarei	19	11
65	49	Whitianga	18	10

South Island

Average daily temperatures in October
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
63	46	Akaroa	17	8
53	37	Arthur's Pass	12	3
65	46	Blenheim	18	8
64	45	Christchurch	18	7
59	45	Dunedin	15	7
63	50	Farewell Spit	17	10
59	43	Franz Josef	15	6
58	46	Greymouth	15	8
58	41	Invercargill	15	5
60	47	Kaikoura	16	8
58	38	Lake Rotoiti	15	4
59	37	Lake Tekapo	15	3
59	39	Manapouri	15	4
59	42	Milford Sound	15	6
57	38	Mt Cook	14	3
63	47	Nelson	17	8
62	42	Queenstown	17	6
57	46	Secretary Island	14	8
60	43	Timaru	15	6
60	47	Westport	15	8

Other Islands

Temperatures averages for October
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
49	41	Auckland Islands	10	5
48	39	Campbell Island	9	4
58	46	Chatham Island	15	8
69	59	Raoul Island	21	15
56	42	Stewart Island, Oban	14	6

Average Temperatures in October for New Zealand

North Island

South Island

Other Islands

Reference

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