Climate averages 1991–2020
Vryheid weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 7th 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 Vryheid: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, South Africa (70 km away). In October its highs average 25.0°C, 1.0°C warmer than Vryheid, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Vryheid ranks joint 69th of 95 for the warmest October highs and 93rd of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Vryheid is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 137 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
Vryheid climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 139 | 17.4 | 13.714 h |
| February | 25.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 114 | 14.3 | 13.113 h |
| March | 24.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 98 | 13.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 51 | 8.1 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 19 | 3.3 | 10.811 h |
| June | 19.2°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 13 | 1.7 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 14 | 1.9 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.6°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 22 | 3.8 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 39 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 24.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 97 | 13.1 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 137 | 17.7 | 13.513 h |
| December | 25.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 158 | 19.2 | 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
- Dundee, South Africa in OctoberSouth Africa · 70 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in OctoberSouth Africa · 85 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 11.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Piet Retief in OctoberSouth Africa · 85 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 96 mm rain
- Ladysmith in OctoberSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 100 mm rain
- Manzini in OctoberEswatini · 153 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Ermelo in OctoberSouth Africa · 159 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Mbabane in OctoberEswatini · 165 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Richards Bay in OctoberSouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 79 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 Vryheid) is explained once on the Vryheid year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.