Climate averages 1991–2020
Mthatha weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 8th 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 Mthatha: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mdantsane (177 km away). In October its highs average 22.0°C, about as warm as Mthatha, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mthatha ranks 85th of 95 for the warmest October highs and joint 90th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Mthatha is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 129 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
Mthatha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 145 | 18.7 | 13.914 h |
| February | 25.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 131 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| March | 24.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 120 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 76 | 9.8 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 27 | 5.0 | 10.511 h |
| June | 19.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 24 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| July | 20.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 22 | 3.2 | 10.310 h |
| August | 21.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.011 h |
| September | 22.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 56 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 22.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 96 | 14.9 | 12.813 h |
| November | 22.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 129 | 16.4 | 13.714 h |
| December | 24.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 140 | 18.5 | 14.214 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
- Mdantsane in OctoberSouth Africa · 177 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 65 mm rain
- East London in OctoberSouth Africa · 179 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Queenstown in OctoberSouth Africa · 184 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Bhisho in OctoberSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Qonce in OctoberSouth Africa · 194 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in OctoberSouth Africa · 265 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in OctoberSouth Africa · 268 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Pinetown in OctoberSouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 89 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 Mthatha) is explained once on the Mthatha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.