Climate averages 1991–2020
Ladysmith weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th 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 Ladysmith: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, South Africa (62 km away). In October its highs average 25.0°C, 1.3°C cooler than Ladysmith, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Ladysmith ranks joint 35th of 95 for the warmest October highs and 94th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Ladysmith is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 100 mm to 137 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
Ladysmith climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 172 | 18.9 | 13.714 h |
| February | 27.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 143 | 14.7 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 117 | 13.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 58 | 7.9 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 21 | 3.5 | 10.711 h |
| June | 19.4°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 14 | 2.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 16 | 2.3 | 10.511 h |
| August | 22.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 28 | 4.4 | 11.111 h |
| September | 25.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 39 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 26.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 100 | 13.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 27.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 137 | 16.7 | 13.514 h |
| December | 27.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 179 | 19.5 | 13.914 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
- Dundee, South Africa in OctoberSouth Africa · 62 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in OctoberSouth Africa · 90 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 11.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in OctoberSouth Africa · 94 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 9.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in OctoberSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Vryheid in OctoberSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Bethlehem, South Africa in OctoberSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in OctoberSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 88 mm rain
- KwaDukuza in OctoberSouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 87 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 Ladysmith) is explained once on the Ladysmith year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.