Climate averages 1991–2020
Maseru weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 Maseru: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thaba Nchu (64 km away). In October its highs average 25.5°C, 1.3°C warmer than Maseru, with 53 mm of rain.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 112 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
Maseru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 143 | 15.6 | 13.814 h |
| February | 25.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 117 | 13.7 | 13.113 h |
| March | 24.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 107 | 13.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.6°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 68 | 8.6 | 11.411 h |
| May | 17.6°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 29 | 4.0 | 10.711 h |
| June | 14.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 17 | 2.5 | 10.310 h |
| July | 14.9°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 10 | 2.0 | 10.510 h |
| August | 18.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 25 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| September | 22.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 24 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 24.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 84 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 25.1°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 112 | 11.2 | 13.614 h |
| December | 26.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 142 | 14.0 | 14.014 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
- Thaba Nchu in OctoberSouth Africa · 64 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Botshabelo in OctoberSouth Africa · 74 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 10.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in OctoberSouth Africa · 125 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Bethlehem, South Africa in OctoberSouth Africa · 145 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Virginia in OctoberSouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in OctoberSouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 9.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Welkom in OctoberSouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in OctoberSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 53 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 Maseru) is explained once on the Maseru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.