Mthatha Weather in October
Average highs run from 24°C on October 1 to 26°C on October 31, and lows from 10°C to 12°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 115 mm over about 16 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
- 25°C
- Average low
- 11°C
- Precipitation
- 115 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 40°COct 29, 2018
- Reanalysis low
- 2°COct 11, 2017
- Daylight
- 12 h 24 min to 13 h 19 min
- Cloud cover
- 69%
- Humidity
- 71%
- Dew point
- 10°C
- Wind
- 15.1 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 | 24°C | 10°C | 36°C 2010 | 6°C 1991 | 48% |
| Oct 2 | 24°C | 10°C | 34°C 2013 | 6°C 2002 | 48% |
| Oct 3 | 24°C | 10°C | 35°C 1997 | 5°C 2002 | 49% |
| Oct 4 | 24°C | 10°C | 37°C 1997 | 3°C 2002 | 50% |
| Oct 5 | 24°C | 10°C | 36°C 1998 | 4°C 2016 | 50% |
| Oct 6 | 24°C | 10°C | 36°C 2019 | 3°C 2011 | 52% |
| Oct 7 | 24°C | 10°C | 35°C 1991 | 6°C 2005 | 53% |
| Oct 8 | 25°C | 10°C | 33°C 2020 | 5°C 2007 | 54% |
| Oct 9 | 25°C | 10°C | 35°C 1999 | 7°C 2004 | 56% |
| Oct 10 | 25°C | 10°C | 36°C 1999 | 5°C 2014 | 56% |
| Oct 11 | 25°C | 10°C | 38°C 2005 | 2°C 2017 | 56% |
| Oct 12 | 25°C | 11°C | 36°C 2008 | 5°C 2020 | 56% |
| Oct 13 | 25°C | 11°C | 36°C 2015 | 6°C 2016 | 56% |
| Oct 14 | 25°C | 11°C | 35°C 1999 | 6°C 2020 | 56% |
| Oct 15 | 25°C | 11°C | 38°C 1999 | 5°C 2010 | 55% |
| Oct 16 | 25°C | 11°C | 35°C 2004 | 7°C 1996 | 55% |
| Oct 17 | 25°C | 11°C | 39°C 2019 | 5°C 2017 | 55% |
| Oct 18 | 25°C | 11°C | 38°C 2002 | 4°C 2017 | 56% |
| Oct 19 | 25°C | 11°C | 35°C 1992 | 5°C 2003 | 57% |
| Oct 20 | 25°C | 11°C | 37°C 1994 | 6°C 2003 | 57% |
| Oct 21 | 25°C | 11°C | 34°C 1997 | 5°C 2018 | 57% |
| Oct 22 | 25°C | 11°C | 33°C 2011 | 4°C 2018 | 57% |
| Oct 23 | 25°C | 11°C | 36°C 1992 | 6°C 2013 | 56% |
| Oct 24 | 25°C | 11°C | 37°C 2003 | 6°C 1995 | 54% |
| Oct 25 | 25°C | 11°C | 35°C 2003 | 6°C 2007 | 54% |
| Oct 26 | 25°C | 11°C | 33°C 2008 | 3°C 1995 | 54% |
| Oct 27 | 26°C | 11°C | 36°C 2019 | 5°C 2017 | 53% |
| Oct 28 | 26°C | 11°C | 38°C 2020 | 3°C 2017 | 53% |
| Oct 29 | 26°C | 12°C | 40°C 2018 | 6°C 2010 | 54% |
| Oct 30 | 26°C | 12°C | 37°C 2003 | 6°C 2002 | 54% |
| Oct 31 | 26°C | 12°C | 35°C 1999 | 5°C 2000 | 54% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).
- October 1
- sunrise 5:43 AM, sunset 6:07 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 5:09 AM, sunset 6:28 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.