Climate averages 1991–2020
Mokopane weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Mokopane: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Polokwane (57 km away). In October its highs average 26.5°C, 2.9°C cooler than Mokopane, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mokopane ranks joint 3rd of 95 for the warmest October highs and 8th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Mokopane is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 82 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
Mokopane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 112 | 12.5 | 13.413 h |
| February | 28.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 72 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 59 | 8.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 32 | 4.3 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.5°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 8.6 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| June | 21.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 10.711 h |
| July | 21.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| August | 24.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 29.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 38 | 6.7 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 82 | 11.4 | 13.313 h |
| December | 28.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 99 | 14.3 | 13.614 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
- Polokwane in OctoberSouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Bela Bela in OctoberSouth Africa · 106 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Somaroboro in OctoberSouth Africa · 129 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Hammanskraal in OctoberSouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in OctoberSouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Soshanguve in OctoberSouth Africa · 169 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Middelburg in OctoberSouth Africa · 182 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Emalahleni in OctoberSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 73 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 Mokopane) is explained once on the Mokopane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.