Average temperature in October is 20.7 °C
Average daytime temperature is 24.8 °C
Average night temperature is 17.5 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 33.3 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 13.4 °C
Number of sunny days: 8
Number of rainy days: 23
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 195 mm
* Weather data for Richards Bay South Africa is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| October (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 19.4 | 23.4 | 31 | 26.7 | 32.3 | 28.5 | 31.6 | 21.7 | 24 | 24.7 | 33.2 | 25.4 | 23.8 | 22.4 | 22.7 | 23.1 | 20.1 | 24.6 | 23.4 | 29.7 | 26.8 | 22.1 | 22.7 | 23.1 | 23.4 | 28.8 | 33.3 | 23.8 | 16.8 | 18.2 | 17 |
| Apparent max temperature | 17.4 | 22.5 | 30.4 | 30.3 | 35.3 | 32.3 | 33.5 | 20 | 23.1 | 27.5 | 36.6 | 27.4 | 25.4 | 21 | 22.7 | 25.6 | 19.4 | 26 | 25.2 | 31.5 | 30.1 | 21.3 | 25.1 | 23.6 | 25.2 | 31 | 37.5 | 23.4 | 15.3 | 15.2 | 19 |
| Mean temperature | 17.6 | 18.7 | 22.8 | 22.9 | 24.3 | 24.1 | 24.5 | 20.5 | 20.8 | 22 | 25.2 | 21.9 | 20.3 | 20.3 | 20.1 | 19.1 | 18.6 | 20.2 | 20.1 | 22.8 | 23.3 | 19.7 | 19.5 | 20.6 | 20.1 | 22.1 | 23.7 | 20.1 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 15.4 |
| Apparent mean temperature | 14.8 | 12.6 | 14.3 | 18.8 | 19.5 | 21.3 | 19.2 | 18.4 | 17.9 | 21.8 | 23 | 17.5 | 18.4 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 16.7 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 17.9 | 17.3 | 19.7 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 18.1 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 18.6 | 15.3 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 12.8 |
| Minimum temperature | 17 | 13.6 | 17.2 | 18.8 | 18.4 | 21.3 | 21 | 18.8 | 17.5 | 19.6 | 21.8 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 17.9 | 18 | 17.9 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 16.2 | 20.5 | 17.1 | 16.4 | 18 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 19 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 14 | 13.4 |
| Apparent min temperature | 16.4 | 17.3 | 21.2 | 24 | 25.6 | 25 | 24.9 | 19.2 | 21 | 24.5 | 27.4 | 23.7 | 21.4 | 18.5 | 19.8 | 21 | 17.7 | 21.5 | 21.6 | 23.3 | 24.9 | 18.4 | 19.8 | 20.4 | 20.7 | 22.8 | 24.6 | 19.9 | 12.2 | 13.2 | 15.4 |
| October | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.2 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 0 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 7.3 | 0.3 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11 | 1 | 1.7 | 11.7 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 8.3 | 11.8 | 8.4 | 12.1 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 4.7 | 0 | 5.6 | 0.1 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.4 | 16.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 3 | 35.1 | 24.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0 | 1.8 | 7.1 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 21.8 | 22.4 | 4.8 | 37.7 |
| Precipitation hours | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 29.8 | 21.1 | 26.3 | 21.2 | 26.5 | 28.3 | 32.9 | 31.2 | 18.9 | 16.4 | 26 | 25.1 | 18 | 32.7 | 24.2 | 31.3 | 30.8 | 16.9 | 18.1 | 24.5 | 24.1 | 29.8 | 19.6 | 32.9 | 16.2 | 19.4 | 30.6 | 30.1 | 33.2 | 29.1 | 16.6 |
In October 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Richards Bay was 33.3°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 13.4°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during October in Richards Bay are 17.5°C and 24.8°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in October is about 195 mm.