Climate averages 1991–2020
Paarl weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th 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 Paarl: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 Stellenbosch (24 km away). In October its highs average 22.0°C, 1.3°C cooler than Paarl, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Paarl ranks joint 75th of 95 for the warmest October highs and 17th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Paarl is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 44 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
Paarl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 21 | 3.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 31.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 16 | 2.8 | 13.313 h |
| March | 29.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 21 | 3.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 57 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 98 | 8.3 | 10.410 h |
| June | 17.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 152 | 10.7 | 9.910 h |
| July | 17.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 130 | 9.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 110 | 10.6 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 77 | 8.7 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 23.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 47 | 6.1 | 12.913 h |
| November | 25.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 44 | 6.0 | 13.814 h |
| December | 28.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 25 | 4.4 | 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
- Stellenbosch in OctoberSouth Africa · 24 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Somerset West in OctoberSouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in OctoberSouth Africa · 45 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Atlantis in OctoberSouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Cape Town in OctoberSouth Africa · 55 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in OctoberSouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in OctoberSouth Africa · 299 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 41 mm rain
- George in OctoberSouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 62 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 Paarl) is explained once on the Paarl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.