Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbombela weather
in October.
A warm, moderately 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 Mbombela: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 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 40 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbabane (95 km away). In October its highs average 23.0°C, 3.4°C cooler than Mbombela, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mbombela ranks joint 33rd of 95 for the warmest October highs and 54th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Mbombela is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 71 mm to 122 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
Mbombela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 155 | 17.5 | 13.514 h |
| February | 27.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 135 | 15.0 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 107 | 14.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 53 | 8.4 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| June | 21.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 9.0 | 2.3 | 10.611 h |
| July | 21.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 23.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 17 | 3.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 34 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 26.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 71 | 13.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 27.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 122 | 16.3 | 13.313 h |
| December | 27.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 151 | 18.4 | 13.714 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
- Mbabane in OctoberEswatini · 95 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in OctoberMozambique · 103 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Manzini in OctoberEswatini · 121 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Ermelo in OctoberSouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Middelburg in OctoberSouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Matola in OctoberMozambique · 159 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Maputo in OctoberMozambique · 171 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Piet Retief in OctoberSouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 96 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 Mbombela) is explained once on the Mbombela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.