Climate averages 1991–2020
Mpumalanga weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Mpumalanga: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 8th 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 Pinetown (24 km away). In October its highs average 22.4°C, about as warm as Mpumalanga, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mpumalanga ranks joint 79th of 95 for the warmest October highs and joint 80th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Mpumalanga is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 101 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
Mpumalanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 101 | 15.5 | 13.814 h |
| February | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 88 | 13.2 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 87 | 12.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 60 | 9.1 | 11.411 h |
| May | 22.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 33 | 5.0 | 10.611 h |
| June | 20.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 22 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| July | 20.4°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 33 | 3.9 | 10.410 h |
| August | 21.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 30 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| September | 22.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 58 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 22.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 88 | 13.8 | 12.813 h |
| November | 23.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 101 | 14.8 | 13.614 h |
| December | 24.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 102 | 15.5 | 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
- Pinetown in OctoberSouth Africa · 24 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Ntuzuma in OctoberSouth Africa · 31 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in OctoberSouth Africa · 32 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Durban in OctoberSouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 89 mm rain
- KwaDukuza in OctoberSouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Ladysmith in OctoberSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 100 mm rain
- Richards Bay in OctoberSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in OctoberSouth Africa · 187 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 92 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 Mpumalanga) is explained once on the Mpumalanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.