Climate averages 1991–2020
Vereeniging 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 Vereeniging: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 75 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 Vanderbijlpark (10 km away). In October its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Vereeniging, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Vereeniging ranks 30th of 95 for the warmest October highs and joint 62nd of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Vereeniging is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 102 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
Vereeniging climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 127 | 15.0 | 13.614 h |
| February | 26.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 97 | 12.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 25.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 82 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 40 | 6.8 | 11.511 h |
| May | 20.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 17 | 3.0 | 10.811 h |
| June | 17.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 7.8 | 1.6 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.0°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 3.6 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 12 | 2.2 | 11.211 h |
| September | 25.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 20 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 26.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 75 | 9.9 | 12.713 h |
| November | 26.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 102 | 12.8 | 13.413 h |
| December | 26.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 137 | 16.3 | 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
- Vanderbijlpark in OctoberSouth Africa · 10 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Evaton in OctoberSouth Africa · 17 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Sasolburg in OctoberSouth Africa · 19 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Tokoza in OctoberSouth Africa · 40 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Soweto in OctoberSouth Africa · 46 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Heidelberg, South Africa in OctoberSouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 12.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Westonaria in OctoberSouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Alberton in OctoberSouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 75 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 Vereeniging) is explained once on the Vereeniging year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.