Climate averages 1991–2020
East London weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in East London: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 Mdantsane (16 km away). In October its highs average 22.0°C, about as warm as East London, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, East London ranks 89th of 95 for the warmest October highs and joint 69th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; East London is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 84 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
East London climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 81 | 11.6 | 14.114 h |
| February | 26.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 84 | 10.9 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 90 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 85 | 9.6 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 34 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| June | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 34 | 4.5 | 10.010 h |
| July | 21.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 38 | 5.1 | 10.210 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 47 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 57 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 21.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 77 | 11.3 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 84 | 11.6 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 83 | 12.5 | 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
- Mdantsane in OctoberSouth Africa · 16 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Bhisho in OctoberSouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Qonce in OctoberSouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Grahamstown in OctoberSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Queenstown in OctoberSouth Africa · 158 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Mthatha in OctoberSouth Africa · 179 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Motherwell in OctoberSouth Africa · 233 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Gqeberha in OctoberSouth Africa · 238 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 East London) is explained once on the East London year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.