Climate averages 1991–2020
Bhisho weather
in October.
A warm, moderately 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 Bhisho: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qonce (6 km away). In October its highs average 22.9°C, about as warm as Bhisho, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bhisho ranks joint 81st of 95 for the warmest October highs and 77th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Bhisho is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 99 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
Bhisho climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 117 | 14.2 | 14.014 h |
| February | 26.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 111 | 13.0 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 108 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 84 | 9.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 28 | 4.9 | 10.510 h |
| June | 19.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 25 | 3.4 | 10.010 h |
| July | 20.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 27 | 4.2 | 10.210 h |
| August | 20.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 41 | 5.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 22.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 56 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 22.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 86 | 11.9 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 99 | 11.8 | 13.814 h |
| December | 25.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 114 | 13.8 | 14.314 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
- Qonce in OctoberSouth Africa · 6 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Mdantsane in OctoberSouth Africa · 33 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 65 mm rain
- East London in OctoberSouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Grahamstown in OctoberSouth Africa · 99 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Queenstown in OctoberSouth Africa · 118 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Mthatha in OctoberSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Motherwell in OctoberSouth Africa · 202 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Gqeberha in OctoberSouth Africa · 210 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 15.1°C · 48 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 Bhisho) is explained once on the Bhisho year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.