Tonota weather in October

In October, Tonota sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 16 mm of rain across 3.5 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of October to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Tonota's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tonota's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
1st warmest
Overnight low
18°
7th coldest
Rainfall
16 mm
3.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:40 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
32%
6th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Tonota is village located in the Central District of Botswana.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical October day in Tonota reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C warmer than September and on par with November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13117
23117
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How October really feels in Tonota

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 11 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
11
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Tonota weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 21°9911.413.24.5
Feb30° / 20°889.112.74.9
Mar30° / 19°466.812.25.7
Apr28° / 16°132.811.57.4
May26° / 11°51.2118.9
Jun24° / 50.710.79.3
Jul23° / 40.510.89.1
Aug27° / 11°10.111.38.9
Sep30° / 15°61.311.96.6
Oct32° / 18°163.512.55.0
Nov32° / 20°548.9134.2
Dec31° / 20°9712.613.34.3

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18713
28713
38713
48614
58614
68614
78614
88614
98614
108416
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Tonota gets around 16 mm of rain over 3.5 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 11% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
18
28
38
48
58
68
78
88
98
108
118
128
139
149
1510
1610
1711
1811
1912
2013
2113
2214
2314
2415
2515
2616
2716
2817
2917
3017
3118

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 71% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1811630
2811630
3801730
4791830
5791830
6781930
7781930
8772030
9772030
10772030
11752140
12752140
13752140
14752140
15752140
16742240
17732250
18732250
19712360
20712360
21692470
22682570
23672580
24662680
25642790
26642790
276228100
286129100
295929111
305730121
315730121

Wind in October

Winds average 15 km/h in October, the windiest month of the year.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of October to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 5:30 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:536:05
212.25:526:05
312.25:516:06
412.35:506:06
512.35:506:06
612.35:496:07
712.35:486:07
812.35:476:07
912.45:466:08
1012.45:456:08
1112.45:446:08
1212.45:436:09
1312.45:436:09
1412.55:426:09
1512.55:416:10
1612.55:406:10
1712.55:396:11
1812.55:396:11
1912.65:386:12
2012.65:376:12
2112.65:366:12
2212.65:366:13
2312.65:356:13
2412.75:346:14
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2612.75:336:15
2712.75:326:15
2812.75:326:16
2912.85:316:16
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3112.85:306:17

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 6.8 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.18 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in October across the year — October's 6.8 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.6Intense
26.6Intense
36.6Intense
46.7Intense
56.7Intense
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306.8Intense
316.8Intense
Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Tonota?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Tonota for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Tonota in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Tonota sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tonota in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tonota peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 18UV 15Jun 19UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr9Very high
May7Very high
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug8Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Tonota?

Tonota sits at 21.4°S, 27.5°E, 959 m above sea level, in Botswana. The nearest listed city is Francistown, 31 km away.

Selebi-PhikweTutumeBobonongPalapyeSeroweGwandaBulawayo

Topography around Tonota

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Tonota.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tonota has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 958 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 127 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 465 m.

The land around Tonota is covered by shrubs (38%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 3 km, shrubs (64%) within 16 km, and shrubs (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
127 m
80 km
465 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
October weather nearby: Francistown 31 km · Selebi-Phikwe 72 km · Tutume 114 km · Bobonong 116 km · Palapye 128 km · Serowe 131 km · Gwanda 170 km · Bulawayo 185 km

Botswana travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$7,778
2025
Happiness
3.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
63%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
11.4
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
26.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
Religion
Christian 79%none 15%Badimo 4%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Tonota (-21.4424°, 27.4615°, elevation 959 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).