Grahamstown Weather in October
Average highs run from 23°C on October 1 to 25°C on October 31, and lows from 12°C to 14°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 59 mm over about 9 wet days.
October day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
October at a glance
- Average high
- 24°C
- Average low
- 13°C
- Precipitation
- 59 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 42°COct 29, 2018
- Reanalysis low
- 7°COct 2, 2002
- Daylight
- 12 h 25 min to 13 h 25 min
- Cloud cover
- 62%
- Humidity
- 71%
- Dew point
- 12°C
- Wind
- 19.1 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 23°C | 12°C | 35°C 1991 | 9°C 2002 | 27% |
| Oct 2 | 23°C | 12°C | 35°C 1997 | 7°C 2002 | 28% |
| Oct 3 | 23°C | 12°C | 33°C 2000 | 9°C 2008 | 30% |
| Oct 4 | 23°C | 12°C | 36°C 1997 | 7°C 2002 | 30% |
| Oct 5 | 23°C | 12°C | 31°C 2016 | 8°C 2011 | 30% |
| Oct 6 | 23°C | 12°C | 36°C 1992 | 7°C 2011 | 29% |
| Oct 7 | 24°C | 12°C | 33°C 2008 | 10°C 2005 | 28% |
| Oct 8 | 24°C | 13°C | 36°C 1999 | 8°C 2007 | 30% |
| Oct 9 | 24°C | 13°C | 36°C 1999 | 9°C 2004 | 30% |
| Oct 10 | 24°C | 13°C | 37°C 2011 | 8°C 2004 | 29% |
| Oct 11 | 24°C | 13°C | 30°C 1995 | 8°C 2017 | 28% |
| Oct 12 | 24°C | 13°C | 35°C 2000 | 7°C 2020 | 28% |
| Oct 13 | 24°C | 13°C | 31°C 2003 | 7°C 2016 | 29% |
| Oct 14 | 24°C | 13°C | 36°C 2019 | 8°C 1995 | 30% |
| Oct 15 | 24°C | 13°C | 36°C 2004 | 11°C 2013 | 31% |
| Oct 16 | 24°C | 13°C | 34°C 1994 | 9°C 2015 | 30% |
| Oct 17 | 24°C | 13°C | 40°C 2019 | 9°C 2010 | 30% |
| Oct 18 | 24°C | 13°C | 34°C 2010 | 7°C 2017 | 31% |
| Oct 19 | 24°C | 13°C | 34°C 2008 | 8°C 2003 | 32% |
| Oct 20 | 24°C | 13°C | 34°C 2015 | 9°C 2002 | 33% |
| Oct 21 | 24°C | 13°C | 32°C 2003 | 9°C 2017 | 34% |
| Oct 22 | 24°C | 13°C | 33°C 2011 | 9°C 2018 | 35% |
| Oct 23 | 25°C | 13°C | 38°C 2020 | 10°C 1994 | 34% |
| Oct 24 | 25°C | 13°C | 33°C 2018 | 10°C 1995 | 34% |
| Oct 25 | 25°C | 13°C | 36°C 2018 | 8°C 2002 | 35% |
| Oct 26 | 25°C | 14°C | 34°C 2008 | 8°C 1995 | 35% |
| Oct 27 | 25°C | 14°C | 37°C 2005 | 8°C 1995 | 36% |
| Oct 28 | 25°C | 14°C | 37°C 2006 | 9°C 2017 | 36% |
| Oct 29 | 25°C | 14°C | 42°C 2018 | 9°C 1995 | 36% |
| Oct 30 | 25°C | 14°C | 36°C 2005 | 10°C 1995 | 36% |
| Oct 31 | 25°C | 14°C | 38°C 2017 | 10°C 2009 | 36% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).
- October 1
- sunrise 5:51 AM, sunset 6:16 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 5:15 AM, sunset 6:40 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.