Climate averages 1991–2020
Vanderbijlpark weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the 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 Vanderbijlpark: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 77 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 42 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vereeniging (10 km away). In October its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as Vanderbijlpark, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Vanderbijlpark ranks joint 33rd of 95 for the warmest October highs and joint 69th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Vanderbijlpark is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 104 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
Vanderbijlpark climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 132 | 16.1 | 13.614 h |
| February | 26.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 105 | 13.0 | 13.013 h |
| March | 24.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 86 | 11.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 41 | 6.9 | 11.511 h |
| May | 20.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 18 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| June | 17.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 8.2 | 1.6 | 10.510 h |
| July | 17.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 12 | 2.2 | 11.211 h |
| September | 25.3°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 20 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 26.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 77 | 10.4 | 12.713 h |
| November | 26.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 104 | 13.0 | 13.413 h |
| December | 26.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 137 | 17.0 | 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
- Vereeniging in OctoberSouth Africa · 10 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Sasolburg in OctoberSouth Africa · 12 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Evaton in OctoberSouth Africa · 20 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Parys in OctoberSouth Africa · 43 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Westonaria in OctoberSouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Tokoza in OctoberSouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Soweto in OctoberSouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Heidelberg, South Africa in OctoberSouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 12.3°C · 78 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 Vanderbijlpark) is explained once on the Vanderbijlpark year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Sasolburg lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.