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Kruger National Park in October

Hot and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Kruger National Park is hot: highs near 89°F, lows near 65°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Kruger National Park is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
89°F32°Caverage
Low
65°F18°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 16% of days
Daylight
12h 44mon average

Is October a good time to visit Kruger National Park?

October sits outside Kruger National Park's best months, which run from June to July. Expect hot days and rain on about one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 89°F in October, against 80°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in October, against 27°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

16% of days in October, against 5% to 40% through the year.

Cloud cover

24% cover in October, against 10% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

12h 44m in October, against 10h 39m to 13h 38m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. September88°31°low 62°low 17°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. October89°32°low 65°low 18°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. November90°32°low 67°low 19°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Kruger National Park sits, in October

Africa/Maputo
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:19 AMsets 5:56 PM
Above the sea
160 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kruger (Skukuza)72 km south-west

The land around Kruger National Park, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in South Africa in October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Kruger National Park

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kruger National Park. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.