Climate averages 1991–2020
Bethal weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Bethal: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th 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 eMbalenhle (41 km away). In October its highs average 25.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Bethal, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bethal ranks 67th of 95 for the warmest October highs and joint 85th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Bethal is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 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
Bethal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 132 | 16.2 | 13.614 h |
| February | 24.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 94 | 12.6 | 13.013 h |
| March | 23.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 90 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 42 | 6.5 | 11.511 h |
| May | 19.0°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 15 | 2.7 | 10.811 h |
| June | 16.7°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 6.5 | 0.9 | 10.511 h |
| July | 16.8°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 5.9 | 0.8 | 10.611 h |
| August | 20.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 12 | 2.4 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 23 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 24.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 91 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| November | 23.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 112 | 15.0 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 145 | 17.8 | 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
- eMbalenhle in OctoberSouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Ermelo in OctoberSouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Standerton in OctoberSouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Emalahleni in OctoberSouth Africa · 69 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Middelburg in OctoberSouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Delmas in OctoberSouth Africa · 85 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Nigel in OctoberSouth Africa · 98 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Etwatwa in OctoberSouth Africa · 107 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 83 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 Bethal) is explained once on the Bethal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.