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Pretoria in October

Hot and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Pretoria is hot: highs near 85°F, lows near 56°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 31 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Pretoria is hot: highs near 29°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 31 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
56°F13°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 22% of days
Daylight
12h 46mon average

Is October a good time to visit Pretoria?

A good month, just outside Pretoria's best months, which run in two parts: April to June, or August to September.

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 85°F in October, against 69°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in October, against 21°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

22% of days in October, against 2% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

25% cover in October, against 9% to 45% through the year.

Daylight

12h 46m in October, against 10h 33m to 13h 43m 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. September83°28°low 52°low 11°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. October85°29°low 56°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November84°29°low 59°low 15°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Pretoria sits, in October

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:33 AMsets 6:13 PM
Above the sea
1,330 mupland
Latitude
25.7°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Johannesburg53 km south

The land around Pretoria, 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 Pretoria

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Pretoria. 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.