Climate averages 1991–2020
Piet Retief weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 7th 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 Piet Retief: 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 96 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a 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 Manzini (80 km away). In October its highs average 25.2°C, 1.9°C warmer than Piet Retief, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Piet Retief ranks joint 75th 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; Piet Retief is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 131 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
Piet Retief climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 144 | 18.2 | 13.614 h |
| February | 24.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 117 | 14.0 | 13.013 h |
| March | 23.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 103 | 13.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 48 | 7.7 | 11.511 h |
| May | 20.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 18 | 3.3 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.3°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 12 | 2.0 | 10.611 h |
| August | 20.9°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 21 | 3.6 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 38 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 23.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 96 | 13.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 131 | 16.9 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 155 | 19.4 | 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
- Manzini in OctoberEswatini · 80 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Mbabane in OctoberEswatini · 83 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Vryheid in OctoberSouth Africa · 85 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Ermelo in OctoberSouth Africa · 98 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in OctoberSouth Africa · 121 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 11.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in OctoberSouth Africa · 141 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Bethal in OctoberSouth Africa · 147 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Standerton in OctoberSouth Africa · 156 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 91 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 Piet Retief) is explained once on the Piet Retief year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.