Climate averages 1991–2020
Phalaborwa weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Phalaborwa: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thohoyandou (130 km away). In October its highs average 27.3°C, 2.3°C cooler than Phalaborwa, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Phalaborwa ranks 2nd of 95 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Phalaborwa is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 62 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
Phalaborwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 93 | 9.3 | 13.413 h |
| February | 30.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 69 | 8.0 | 12.913 h |
| March | 30.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 43 | 6.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.512 h |
| May | 26.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 8.9 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| June | 24.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 3.7 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| July | 23.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 4.5 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| August | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 29.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 24 | 4.0 | 12.613 h |
| November | 30.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 62 | 7.9 | 13.313 h |
| December | 30.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 93 | 9.8 | 13.614 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
- Thohoyandou in OctoberSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in OctoberSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Polokwane in OctoberSouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Mbombela in OctoberSouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in OctoberMozambique · 188 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Mokopane in OctoberSouth Africa · 218 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Chibuto in OctoberMozambique · 256 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Matola in OctoberMozambique · 261 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 51 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 Phalaborwa) is explained once on the Phalaborwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.