Climate averages 1991–2020
KwaDukuza 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 KwaDukuza: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ntuzuma (56 km away). In October its highs average 23.7°C, 0.5°C cooler than KwaDukuza, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, KwaDukuza ranks 68th of 95 for the warmest October highs and joint 78th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; KwaDukuza is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 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
KwaDukuza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 103 | 13.4 | 13.814 h |
| February | 27.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 96 | 12.0 | 13.113 h |
| March | 27.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 91 | 12.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 69 | 8.5 | 11.411 h |
| May | 24.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 44 | 5.2 | 10.711 h |
| June | 22.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 26 | 4.0 | 10.310 h |
| July | 21.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 41 | 4.7 | 10.510 h |
| August | 23.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 31 | 5.8 | 11.111 h |
| September | 23.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 59 | 8.5 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 24.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 87 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 25.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 99 | 13.4 | 13.614 h |
| December | 26.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 99 | 14.0 | 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
- Ntuzuma in OctoberSouth Africa · 56 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Durban in OctoberSouth Africa · 64 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Pinetown in OctoberSouth Africa · 67 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in OctoberSouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in OctoberSouth Africa · 93 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Richards Bay in OctoberSouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in OctoberSouth Africa · 165 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Ladysmith in OctoberSouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 100 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 KwaDukuza) is explained once on the KwaDukuza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.