Quthing weather in October

In October, Quthing sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 76 mm of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of October to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Quthing's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Quthing's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 76 mm; 9.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 5:32 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 7th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

Quthing is city.

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

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical October day in Quthing reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C warmer than September and about 1°C cooler than November.

	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
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	7
2	20	7
3	20	7
4	20	7
5	21	7
6	21	7
7	21	7
8	21	7
9	21	7
10	21	7
11	21	7
12	21	7
13	21	8
14	21	8
15	21	8
16	21	8
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	22	8
26	22	8
27	22	8
28	22	8
29	22	8
30	22	9
31	22	9

How October really feels in Quthing

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Quthing weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 12°	119	15.8	0	13.7	6.3
Feb	24° / 12°	105	14.4	0	13.1	6.3
Mar	22° / 10°	93	13.6	0	12.2	6.5
Apr	19° / 7°	63	9.5	0.2	11.3	6.4
May	16° / 3°	33	4.9	0.6	10.5	5.8
Jun	13° / -1°	24	4.3	1.4	10.1	4.3
Jul	13° / -1°	21	3.8	2	10.2	4.3
Aug	15° / 2°	31	4.9	1.1	10.9	5.6
Sep	19° / 6°	30	4.9	0.6	11.8	7.3
Oct	21° / 8°	76	9.9	0.1	12.7	6.9
Nov	22° / 9°	104	11.7	0.1	13.5	6.7
Dec	24° / 11°	118	13.9	0	13.9	6.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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
Clearer (%)	73	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	68	68	68
Cloudier (%)	27	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Quthing gets around 76 mm of rain and snow over 9.9 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 31% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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
Rain chance (%)	23	24	25	25	26	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	23
2	24
3	25
4	25
5	26
6	27
7	28
8	28
9	29
10	30
11	30
12	31
13	31
14	31
15	32
16	32
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	36
30	36
31	36

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in October

Winds average 10 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
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28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of October to 13 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 5:17 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:28 PM.

	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
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	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	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:27	5:26	5:25	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17
Sunset (PM)	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:49	6:07
2	12.3	5:48	6:08
3	12.4	5:47	6:08
4	12.4	5:46	6:09
5	12.4	5:44	6:09
6	12.4	5:43	6:10
7	12.5	5:42	6:11
8	12.5	5:41	6:11
9	12.5	5:40	6:12
10	12.6	5:38	6:13
11	12.6	5:37	6:13
12	12.6	5:36	6:14
13	12.7	5:35	6:15
14	12.7	5:34	6:15
15	12.7	5:33	6:16
16	12.8	5:32	6:17
17	12.8	5:31	6:17
18	12.8	5:30	6:18
19	12.8	5:29	6:19
20	12.9	5:27	6:20
21	12.9	5:26	6:20
22	12.9	5:25	6:21
23	13.0	5:25	6:22
24	13.0	5:24	6:23
25	13.0	5:23	6:23
26	13.0	5:22	6:24
27	13.1	5:21	6:25
28	13.1	5:20	6:26
29	13.1	5:19	6:26
30	13.2	5:18	6:27
31	13.2	5:17	6:28

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 6.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.45 kWh/m² to a high of 7.68 kWh/m² in December across the year — October's 6.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.4	Intense
2	6.4	Intense
3	6.4	Intense
4	6.4	Intense
5	6.5	Intense
6	6.5	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.6	Intense
10	6.6	Intense
11	6.6	Intense
12	6.6	Intense
13	6.7	Intense
14	6.7	Intense
15	6.7	Intense
16	6.7	Intense
17	6.8	Intense
18	6.8	Intense
19	6.8	Intense
20	6.8	Intense
21	6.8	Intense
22	6.9	Intense
23	6.9	Intense
24	6.9	Intense
25	7.0	Intense
26	7.0	Intense
27	7.0	Intense
28	7.0	Intense
29	7.1	Intense
30	7.1	Intense
31	7.1	Intense

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Quthing

In seasonPeak

In October, Quthing sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Quthing's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

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Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Quthing?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Quthing for sightseeing.

What to pack for Quthing in October

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

In October, Quthing sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 8°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Quthing in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Quthing peaks around January 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 4 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	13	11	7	6	4	4	6	8	12	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	7	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Quthing in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Quthing is worst in September — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.2× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	5	6	7	8	10	12	13	18	21	14	6	5
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	5	Good
Feb	6	Good
Mar	7	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	12	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	6	Good
Dec	5	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Quthing?

Quthing sits at 30.4°S, 27.7°E, 1,515 m above sea level, in Lesotho. The nearest listed city is Mohale's Hoek, 35 km away.

Topography around Quthing

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Quthing has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 382 m around an average of 1,610 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,302 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,782 m.

The land around Quthing is covered by grassland (61%) within 3 km, grassland (74%) within 16 km, and grassland (88%) within 80 km.

3 km

382 m

grassland 61%

16 km

1,302 m

grassland 74%

80 km

1,782 m

grassland 88%

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← September Quthing year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Mohale's Hoek 35 km · Zastron 60 km · Mafeteng 78 km · Tlokoeng 84 km · Qacha’s Nek 100 km · Aliwal North 100 km · Ugie 102 km · Khowa 105 km

Lesotho travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type M; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,089; 2025
Happiness: 4.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 31%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 38.2; per 100k, 2008
Road deaths: 31.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
Religion

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 Quthing (-30.4°, 27.7003°, elevation 1,515 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	7
2	20	7
3	20	7
4	20	7
5	21	7
6	21	7
7	21	7
8	21	7
9	21	7
10	21	7
11	21	7
12	21	7
13	21	8
14	21	8
15	21	8
16	21	8
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	22	8
26	22	8
27	22	8
28	22	8
29	22	8
30	22	9
31	22	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	23
2	24
3	25
4	25
5	26
6	27
7	28
8	28
9	29
10	30
11	30
12	31
13	31
14	31
15	32
16	32
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	36
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	7
2	20	7
3	20	7
4	20	7
5	21	7
6	21	7
7	21	7
8	21	7
9	21	7
10	21	7
11	21	7
12	21	7
13	21	8
14	21	8
15	21	8
16	21	8
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	22	8
26	22	8
27	22	8
28	22	8
29	22	8
30	22	9
31	22	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	23
2	24
3	25
4	25
5	26
6	27
7	28
8	28
9	29
10	30
11	30
12	31
13	31
14	31
15	32
16	32
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	36
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	7
2	20	7
3	20	7
4	20	7
5	21	7
6	21	7
7	21	7
8	21	7
9	21	7
10	21	7
11	21	7
12	21	7
13	21	8
14	21	8
15	21	8
16	21	8
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	22	8
26	22	8
27	22	8
28	22	8
29	22	8
30	22	9
31	22	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	23
2	24
3	25
4	25
5	26
6	27
7	28
8	28
9	29
10	30
11	30
12	31
13	31
14	31
15	32
16	32
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	36
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100