Climate averages 1991–2020
Thohoyandou weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 Thohoyandou: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Louis Trichardt (61 km away). In October its highs average 28.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Thohoyandou, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Thohoyandou ranks joint 24th of 95 for the warmest October highs and joint 31st of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Thohoyandou is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 120 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
Thohoyandou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 179 | 15.4 | 13.413 h |
| February | 27.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 156 | 13.5 | 12.913 h |
| March | 26.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 97 | 12.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 47 | 8.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 24 | 4.4 | 11.011 h |
| June | 21.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 15 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| July | 21.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 21 | 4.1 | 10.911 h |
| August | 23.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 17 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| September | 26.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 36 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 27.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 55 | 9.5 | 12.613 h |
| November | 27.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 120 | 12.4 | 13.213 h |
| December | 27.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 161 | 14.5 | 13.514 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
- Louis Trichardt in OctoberSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in OctoberSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Polokwane in OctoberSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Mokopane in OctoberSouth Africa · 205 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Mbombela in OctoberSouth Africa · 286 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Bela Bela in OctoberSouth Africa · 311 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Somaroboro in OctoberSouth Africa · 315 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in OctoberMozambique · 317 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 36 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 Thohoyandou) is explained once on the Thohoyandou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.