Climate averages 1991–2020

Standerton weather
in October.

A warm, wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.9°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 11.2°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 91 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a warm month in Standerton: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a wet month (the joint 8th 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 eMbalenhle (48 km away). In October its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Standerton, with 88 mm of rain.

Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Standerton ranks joint 59th of 95 for the warmest October highs and joint 85th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Standerton is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 114 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Standerton climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Standerton, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	24.9°C14.6°C	14.6°C	124	16.2	13.614 h
February	25.0°C14.4°C	14.4°C	91	12.5	13.013 h
March	23.9°C12.9°C	12.9°C	81	10.8	12.312 h
April	21.6°C9.8°C	9.8°C	40	6.7	11.511 h
May	19.5°C6.0°C	6.0°C	15	2.5	10.811 h
June	17.0°C2.7°C	2.7°C	7.9	1.2	10.510 h
July	17.1°C2.2°C	2.2°C	6.6	0.9	10.611 h
August	20.4°C5.0°C	5.0°C	13	2.2	11.211 h
September	24.4°C8.9°C	8.9°C	23	3.9	11.912 h
October, selected	24.9°C11.2°C	11.2°C	91	10.5	12.713 h
November	24.5°C12.5°C	12.5°C	114	14.8	13.413 h
December	24.9°C14.0°C	14.0°C	150	17.9	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

Distance from Standerton

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Standerton) is explained once on the Standerton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.