Climate averages 1991–2020
Botshabelo weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Botshabelo: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 8 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 (13 km away). In October its highs average 25.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Botshabelo, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Botshabelo ranks 38th of 95 for the warmest October highs and joint 27th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Botshabelo is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 77 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
Botshabelo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 102 | 13.5 | 13.814 h |
| February | 27.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 87 | 13.0 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 82 | 11.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 52 | 7.7 | 11.411 h |
| May | 19.0°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 21 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| June | 15.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 13 | 2.0 | 10.310 h |
| July | 16.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 8.4 | 1.7 | 10.510 h |
| August | 19.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 18 | 2.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 26.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 53 | 7.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 27.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 77 | 9.2 | 13.614 h |
| December | 28.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 88 | 11.6 | 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 · 13 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in OctoberSouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Maseru in OctoberLesotho · 74 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Virginia in OctoberSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Welkom in OctoberSouth Africa · 143 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in OctoberSouth Africa · 155 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Kutloanong in OctoberSouth Africa · 159 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Kroonstad in OctoberSouth Africa · 187 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 59 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 Botshabelo) is explained once on the Botshabelo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Thaba Nchu lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.