Climate averages 1991–2020
Molepolole weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Molepolole: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mogoditshane (45 km away). In October its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Molepolole, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Molepolole ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest October highs and joint 3rd of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 31.9°C; Molepolole is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs stay level at 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Molepolole climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 80 | 11.1 | 13.513 h |
| February | 29.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 68 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| March | 28.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 53 | 7.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 26 | 3.9 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 12 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| June | 20.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 8.9 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| July | 20.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 10.811 h |
| August | 24.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 8.9 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 30.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 30 | 5.3 | 12.613 h |
| November | 30.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 60 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| December | 30.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 77 | 11.8 | 13.614 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Mogoditshane in OctoberBotswana · 45 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Gaborone in OctoberBotswana · 50 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Mafikeng in OctoberSouth Africa · 163 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Rustenburg in OctoberSouth Africa · 225 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Brits in OctoberSouth Africa · 268 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in OctoberSouth Africa · 286 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Bela Bela in OctoberSouth Africa · 287 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Soshanguve in OctoberSouth Africa · 288 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 56 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Molepolole) is explained once on the Molepolole year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.