Climate averages 1991–2020
Rustenburg weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 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 hot month in Rustenburg: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brits (54 km away). In October its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Rustenburg, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Rustenburg ranks joint 7th of 95 for the warmest October highs and joint 18th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Rustenburg is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 73 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
Rustenburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 94 | 14.2 | 13.514 h |
| February | 28.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 90 | 11.9 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 70 | 10.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 33 | 5.8 | 11.512 h |
| May | 22.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 17 | 2.2 | 10.911 h |
| June | 19.7°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 7.2 | 1.3 | 10.611 h |
| July | 19.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 2.9 | 0.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 23.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 6.6 | 1.2 | 11.211 h |
| September | 27.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 14 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 28.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 48 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 73 | 11.2 | 13.313 h |
| December | 28.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 111 | 14.7 | 13.714 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
- Brits in OctoberSouth Africa · 54 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Krugersdorp in OctoberSouth Africa · 71 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Randfontein in OctoberSouth Africa · 74 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in OctoberSouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Carletonville in OctoberSouth Africa · 79 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Westonaria in OctoberSouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Roodepoort in OctoberSouth Africa · 84 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Soshanguve in OctoberSouth Africa · 89 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 56 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 Rustenburg) is explained once on the Rustenburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.