Climate averages 1991–2020
Welkom weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Welkom: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately 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 Odendaalsrus (12 km away). In October its highs average 27.6°C, about as warm as Welkom, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Welkom ranks joint 24th of 95 for the warmest October highs and joint 24th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Welkom is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 67 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
Welkom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 92 | 13.1 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 75 | 11.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 67 | 10.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 46 | 6.8 | 11.411 h |
| May | 20.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 19 | 3.2 | 10.811 h |
| June | 17.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 12 | 1.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 17.3°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 6.3 | 1.0 | 10.511 h |
| August | 20.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 15 | 2.0 | 11.111 h |
| September | 25.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 14 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 27.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 51 | 7.5 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 67 | 8.9 | 13.513 h |
| December | 29.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 91 | 13.1 | 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
- Odendaalsrus in OctoberSouth Africa · 12 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Kutloanong in OctoberSouth Africa · 16 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Virginia in OctoberSouth Africa · 19 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Kroonstad in OctoberSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Bothaville in OctoberSouth Africa · 66 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Orkney in OctoberSouth Africa · 111 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in OctoberSouth Africa · 125 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Stilfontein in OctoberSouth Africa · 126 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 59 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 Welkom) is explained once on the Welkom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Virginia lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.