Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbabane weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 7th 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 Mbabane: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a 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 Manzini (32 km away). In October its highs average 25.2°C, 2.1°C warmer than Mbabane, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eswatini, Mbabane ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 2 cities is 24.1°C; Mbabane is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 112 mm to 171 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
Mbabane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 216 | 19.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 24.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 177 | 16.7 | 13.013 h |
| March | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 159 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 78 | 11.3 | 11.511 h |
| May | 20.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 32 | 5.5 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 18 | 3.5 | 10.511 h |
| July | 18.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 18 | 3.9 | 10.711 h |
| August | 20.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 57 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 23.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 112 | 15.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 23.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 171 | 18.6 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 208 | 19.9 | 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
- Manzini in OctoberEswatini · 32 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Piet Retief in OctoberSouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 96 mm rain
- Mbombela in OctoberSouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Ermelo in OctoberSouth Africa · 117 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in OctoberMozambique · 130 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Matola in OctoberMozambique · 138 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Maputo in OctoberMozambique · 150 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Vryheid in OctoberSouth Africa · 165 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 Mbabane) is explained once on the Mbabane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.