Climate averages 1991–2020

Carletonville weather
in October.

A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.3°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 12.7°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 68 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Carletonville · average highYear overview

October is a warm month in Carletonville: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th 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 Westonaria (25 km away). In October its highs average 25.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Carletonville, with 73 mm of rain.

Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Carletonville ranks joint 35th of 95 for the warmest October highs and joint 52nd of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Carletonville is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 95 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Carletonville climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Carletonville, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 26.1°C15.9°C15.9°C12716.513.614 h
February 25.8°C15.6°C15.6°C11913.613.013 h
March 24.5°C14.0°C14.0°C8611.912.312 h
April 22.1°C10.7°C10.7°C427.211.511 h
May 19.9°C7.0°C7.0°C182.810.811 h
June 17.4°C3.7°C3.7°C8.31.510.511 h
July 17.6°C3.0°C3.0°C3.50.810.711 h
August 20.8°C6.0°C6.0°C9.71.711.211 h
September 25.1°C10.0°C10.0°C203.111.912 h
October, selected 26.3°C12.7°C12.7°C6810.012.713 h
November 26.1°C14.0°C14.0°C9513.213.413 h
December 26.2°C15.5°C15.5°C13617.913.814 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

Distance from Carletonville

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Carletonville) is explained once on the Carletonville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.