Climate averages 1991–2020
Parys weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd 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 Parys: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sasolburg (37 km away). In October its highs average 26.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Parys, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Parys ranks joint 24th of 95 for the warmest October highs and 55th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Parys is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs stay level at 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 94 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
Parys climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 120 | 15.5 | 13.614 h |
| February | 27.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 95 | 13.0 | 13.013 h |
| March | 25.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 80 | 11.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 41 | 6.8 | 11.511 h |
| May | 20.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 20 | 3.3 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.1°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 9.8 | 1.6 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 4.7 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.7°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 14 | 2.2 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 19 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 27.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 72 | 10.2 | 12.713 h |
| November | 27.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 94 | 12.6 | 13.413 h |
| December | 27.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 129 | 16.6 | 13.814 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
- Sasolburg in OctoberSouth Africa · 37 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Potchefstroom in OctoberSouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Vanderbijlpark in OctoberSouth Africa · 43 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Vereeniging in OctoberSouth Africa · 53 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Evaton in OctoberSouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Carletonville in OctoberSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Westonaria in OctoberSouth Africa · 68 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Stilfontein in OctoberSouth Africa · 69 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 59 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 Parys) is explained once on the Parys year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.