Climate averages 1991–2020
Ressano Garcia weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th 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 Ressano Garcia: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matola (74 km away). In October its highs average 26.8°C, 2.7°C cooler than Ressano Garcia, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Ressano Garcia ranks 13th of 22 for the warmest October highs and 18th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 29.8°C; Ressano Garcia is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 71 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
Ressano Garcia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 99 | 10.6 | 13.514 h |
| February | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 88 | 10.2 | 13.013 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 61 | 8.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 28.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 30 | 5.2 | 11.512 h |
| May | 27.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 14 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| June | 25.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 6.0 | 1.7 | 10.611 h |
| July | 25.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 5.5 | 1.0 | 10.711 h |
| August | 27.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 8.9 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 29.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 20 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 29.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 30.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 71 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| December | 31.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 101 | 11.0 | 13.714 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
- Matola in OctoberMozambique · 74 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Maputo in OctoberMozambique · 83 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Mbombela in OctoberSouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Mbabane in OctoberEswatini · 130 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Manzini in OctoberEswatini · 133 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in OctoberMozambique · 171 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Chibuto in OctoberMozambique · 176 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in OctoberSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 24 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 Ressano Garcia) is explained once on the Ressano Garcia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.