Climate averages 1991–2020
Upington weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Upington: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kimberley (344 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, 1.6°C cooler than Upington, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Upington ranks 1st of 95 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Upington is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 13 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
Upington climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 35 | 5.4 | 13.714 h |
| February | 34.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 31 | 6.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 32.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 36 | 5.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 27.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 25 | 3.6 | 11.411 h |
| May | 24.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 12 | 1.8 | 10.711 h |
| June | 20.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 5.2 | 0.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 20.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 3.9 | 0.9 | 10.511 h |
| August | 22.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 27.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 30.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 14 | 2.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 32.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 13 | 2.4 | 13.514 h |
| December | 34.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 27 | 3.8 | 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
- Kimberley in OctoberSouth Africa · 344 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in OctoberSouth Africa · 424 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in OctoberSouth Africa · 489 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Mafikeng in OctoberSouth Africa · 520 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in OctoberSouth Africa · 537 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Welkom in OctoberSouth Africa · 539 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Bothaville in OctoberSouth Africa · 540 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Botshabelo in OctoberSouth Africa · 540 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 10.9°C · 53 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 Upington) is explained once on the Upington year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.