Climate averages 1991–2020
Manzini weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Manzini: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbabane (32 km away). In October its highs average 23.0°C, 2.1°C cooler than Manzini, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eswatini, Manzini ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 2 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 2 cities is 24.1°C; Manzini is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 120 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
Manzini climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 131 | 15.0 | 13.614 h |
| February | 27.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 107 | 12.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 26.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 93 | 10.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 49 | 6.8 | 11.511 h |
| May | 23.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 24 | 3.5 | 10.811 h |
| June | 21.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.511 h |
| July | 21.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 14 | 2.1 | 10.611 h |
| August | 23.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 22 | 3.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 25.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 36 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 25.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 72 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 26.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 120 | 13.5 | 13.413 h |
| December | 26.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 124 | 14.7 | 13.814 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
- Mbabane in OctoberEswatini · 32 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Piet Retief in OctoberSouth Africa · 80 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 96 mm rain
- Mbombela in OctoberSouth Africa · 121 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Matola in OctoberMozambique · 123 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in OctoberMozambique · 133 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Maputo in OctoberMozambique · 134 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Ermelo in OctoberSouth Africa · 139 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Vryheid in OctoberSouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 97 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 Manzini) is explained once on the Manzini year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.