Climate averages 1991–2020
Motherwell weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Motherwell: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kariega (18 km away). In October its highs average 22.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Motherwell, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Motherwell ranks joint 86th of 95 for the warmest October highs and joint 18th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Motherwell is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 57 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
Motherwell climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 40 | 7.9 | 14.114 h |
| February | 26.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 44 | 7.8 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 47 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 40 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 23 | 4.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 20.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 23 | 4.1 | 9.910 h |
| July | 20.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 20.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 36 | 5.7 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 22.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 48 | 7.0 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 57 | 7.8 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 45 | 8.0 | 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
- Kariega in OctoberSouth Africa · 18 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Gqeberha in OctoberSouth Africa · 19 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 15.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Grahamstown in OctoberSouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Qonce in OctoberSouth Africa · 196 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Bhisho in OctoberSouth Africa · 202 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Mdantsane in OctoberSouth Africa · 225 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 65 mm rain
- East London in OctoberSouth Africa · 233 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Queenstown in OctoberSouth Africa · 243 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 55 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 Motherwell) is explained once on the Motherwell year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kariega lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.