Weather in Albany in October

A good month. October is a solid month to be in Albany. Highs average 18 °C, lows 12.8 °C, and rain falls on 12 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

October ranks 8 of 12 in Albany: past the worst of the year but short of January, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 12 days, 1 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Nothing specialised needed — this is the month you pack for the trip rather than for the weather.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: it never really gets hot: not one day in an average October reaches 30 °C; the day barely swings — 5.2 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest October day reached 27.8 °C and the coldest night fell to 9.3 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 25 mm — roughly 47% of the month's rain in one day.

October is statistically steady but not small: the year-to-year variation is modest in relative terms, yet the wettest October on record still delivered 97 mm against 26 mm in the driest. In a month this wet, even a tame spread is a lot of rain in absolute terms — the 53 mm average is a reasonable planning figure, not a promise.

Wind sits around 18 km/h — a steady breeze rather than a nuisance, and welcome on the warmer days, and humidity runs at 77%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How October sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 16.7 °C in September, 18 here, 19.6 in November. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in October

12.9 hours of daylight, gaining 1.1 hours across the month. That is between Albany's extremes of 14.5 and 9.8 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 16.1 °C in October — cold — a quick dip rather than a swim, and a wetsuit if you are in for longer. The sea peaks at 19.8 °C in February and bottoms out at 16.1 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Shoulder. The value months — prices ease off and you get the place closer to itself.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

October in Albany versus nearby

If Albany is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Bunbury is a better bet in October — 2.5 °C warmer, 4 days less rain. Perth is a better bet in October — within a degree on temperature, 5 days less rain.

So: October is a compromise. January is 19 points better and is what Albany is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Albany

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