Climate averages 1991–2020
Richards Bay weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Richards Bay: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is KwaDukuza (95 km away). In October its highs average 24.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Richards Bay, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Richards Bay ranks joint 57th of 95 for the warmest October highs and 73rd of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Richards Bay is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 93 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
Richards Bay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 108 | 13.5 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 95 | 11.9 | 13.113 h |
| March | 28.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 97 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 26.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 79 | 10.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 24.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 56 | 7.6 | 10.711 h |
| June | 23.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 39 | 6.6 | 10.310 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 6.9 | 10.510 h |
| August | 23.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 39 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 54 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 25.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 79 | 12.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 93 | 13.2 | 13.514 h |
| December | 27.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 86 | 11.7 | 13.914 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
- KwaDukuza in OctoberSouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Ntuzuma in OctoberSouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Durban in OctoberSouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Pinetown in OctoberSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Vryheid in OctoberSouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in OctoberSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in OctoberSouth Africa · 185 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in OctoberSouth Africa · 189 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 92 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 Richards Bay) is explained once on the Richards Bay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.