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Thornybush in October

Hot and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Thornybush is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 62°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 Thornybush is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 17°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
86°F30°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 19% of days
Daylight
12h 44mon average

Is October a good time to visit Thornybush?

A good month, just outside Thornybush's best months, which run from May to August.

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 86°F in October, against 77°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in October, against 25°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

19% of days in October, against 5% to 44% through the year.

Cloud cover

23% cover in October, against 9% to 48% through the year.

Daylight

12h 44m in October, against 10h 38m 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. September85°29°low 59°low 15°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. October86°30°low 62°low 17°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. November87°31°low 64°low 18°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Thornybush sits, in October

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:22 AMsets 6:00 PM
Above the sea
480 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Sabi-Sand Game Reserve36 km south-east

The land around Thornybush, 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 Thornybush

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Thornybush. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (480 m) against the climate model's (535 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (480 m) against the climate model's (535 m). 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.