Climate averages 1991–2020
Polokwane weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th 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 Polokwane: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet 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 Mokopane (57 km away). In October its highs average 29.4°C, 2.9°C warmer than Polokwane, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Polokwane ranks joint 31st of 95 for the warmest October highs and 16th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Polokwane is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 98 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
Polokwane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 116 | 13.7 | 13.413 h |
| February | 26.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 88 | 10.2 | 12.913 h |
| March | 25.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 74 | 9.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 39 | 5.4 | 11.612 h |
| May | 21.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 11 | 2.5 | 11.011 h |
| June | 19.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 4.2 | 0.9 | 10.711 h |
| July | 19.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 3.2 | 0.7 | 10.811 h |
| August | 22.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 11.311 h |
| September | 25.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 13 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 26.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 46 | 8.0 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 98 | 13.5 | 13.313 h |
| December | 26.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 131 | 15.9 | 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
- Mokopane in OctoberSouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in OctoberSouth Africa · 105 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Thohoyandou in OctoberSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Bela Bela in OctoberSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in OctoberSouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Somaroboro in OctoberSouth Africa · 173 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Hammanskraal in OctoberSouth Africa · 206 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Middelburg in OctoberSouth Africa · 208 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 68 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 Polokwane) is explained once on the Polokwane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.