Sydney in October: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, October in Sydney has run 13.1–23.0°C with about 74 mm of rain across the month. Here is what weather like that will carry to harvest.
Everything above is a five-year average. In the game it is this — the weather Sydney is actually having, today.
Grow one in Sydney's weather right now →❄️ No sub-zero nights in October in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
🗓️ No night at or below 0°C in the last 5 years — frost is not a limiting factor here, and tender crops can stay out year-round.
☀️ About 10.2 h of sunshine a day this month. Temperatures hold steady through the month.
Sow this month — when would you harvest?
Assuming you sow in mid-October, then adding up the warmth Sydney usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| 🌿 Spinach | 36 | Nov 19 |
| 🥕 Parsnip | 81 | Jan 3 |
| 🫛 Peas | 47 | Nov 30 |
| 🥬 Napa cabbage | 55 | Dec 8 |
| 🫘 Broad bean | 58 | Dec 11 |
| 🌿 Chrysanthemum greens | 31 | Nov 14 |
| 🌿 Coriander | 36 | Nov 19 |
| 🥒 Zucchini | 67 | Dec 20 |
| 🥢 Green Beans | 63 | Dec 16 |
| 🌻 Sunflower | 83 | Jan 5 |
| ⚪ Turnip | 36 | Nov 19 |
| 🥔 Potato | 70 | Dec 23 |
Best crops to sow now
They are all ideal for this month — the only real difference is how long each one takes, so pick whatever you want to eat.
- 🌿 Spinach about 37 days to harvest Recent mean 18.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥕 Parsnip about 92 days to harvest Recent mean 18.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🫛 Peas about 50 days to harvest Recent mean 18.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Napa cabbage about 60 days to harvest Recent mean 18.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🫘 Broad bean about 63 days to harvest Recent mean 18.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Chrysanthemum greens about 33 days to harvest Recent mean 18.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Coriander about 37 days to harvest Recent mean 18.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥒 Zucchini about 81 days to harvest Recent mean 18.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥢 Green Beans about 75 days to harvest Recent mean 18.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌻 Sunflower about 100 days to harvest Recent mean 18.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- ⚪ Turnip about 37 days to harvest Recent mean 18.1°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥔 Potato about 82 days to harvest Recent mean 18.1°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌶️ Okra — Recent mean 18.1°C is too cold (ideal 20–33°C)
- 🍈 Winter melon — Too little heat to ever mature at current temperatures
- 🍆 Aubergine — Slow going at current temperatures (~230 days)
Other months in Sydney
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Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Sydney, averaged day by day over the last 5 years. Whether a crop finishes in time is worked out from its own starting temperature and heat requirement — those numbers are listed on each crop page if you want to check them.