Thaba-Tseka weather in October

In October, Thaba-Tseka sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 109 mm of precipitation across 13.5 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 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% 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 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Thaba-Tseka's 7th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Thaba-Tseka's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 109 mm; 13.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 5:29 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 7th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.75 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Thaba-Tseka 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 18°C through the month.

A typical October day in Thaba-Tseka reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 22°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How October really feels in Thaba-Tseka

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.

Thaba-Tseka 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	21° / 10°	184	20.1	0.1	13.7	5.2
Feb	21° / 10°	149	17.1	0	13.1	5.2
Mar	19° / 8°	118	15.8	0	12.2	5.6
Apr	17° / 4°	60	9.4	0.3	11.3	5.6
May	14° / 0°	25	4.8	0.7	10.5	4.9
Jun	11° / -3°	15	2.5	1.5	10.1	3.7
Jul	11° / -4°	14	2.3	1.5	10.3	3.5
Aug	13° / -2°	32	4.7	1.3	10.9	4.5
Sep	17° / 2°	35	6	0.6	11.8	6.3
Oct	18° / 5°	109	13.5	0.2	12.7	5.8
Nov	19° / 7°	129	15.8	0.3	13.5	5.5
Dec	20° / 9°	165	19.5	0	13.9	5.2

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%. 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 (%)	72	72	72	70	70	69	69	68	67	66	66	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	64	64	63	64	64	64	64
Cloudier (%)	28	28	28	30	30	31	31	32	33	34	34	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	36	36	37	36	36	36	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	68	32
9	67	33
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Thaba-Tseka gets around 109 mm of rain and snow over 13.5 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 43% and peaks near 50% 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 (%)	31	32	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	48	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	32
4	33
5	34
6	35
7	36
8	37
9	38
10	39
11	39
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	43
16	44
17	45
18	46
19	47
20	48
21	48
22	49
23	49
24	49
25	50
26	50
27	50
28	50
29	50
30	50
31	50

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
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
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 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 5:15 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:23 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	12.3	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	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:17	5:16	5:15
Sunset (PM)	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:46	6:03
2	12.3	5:45	6:04
3	12.3	5:44	6:04
4	12.4	5:42	6:05
5	12.4	5:41	6:05
6	12.4	5:40	6:06
7	12.5	5:39	6:07
8	12.5	5:38	6:07
9	12.5	5:37	6:08
10	12.6	5:35	6:08
11	12.6	5:34	6:09
12	12.6	5:33	6:10
13	12.6	5:32	6:10
14	12.7	5:31	6:11
15	12.7	5:30	6:12
16	12.7	5:29	6:12
17	12.8	5:28	6:13
18	12.8	5:27	6:14
19	12.8	5:26	6:14
20	12.8	5:25	6:15
21	12.9	5:24	6:16
22	12.9	5:23	6:17
23	12.9	5:22	6:17
24	13.0	5:21	6:18
25	13.0	5:20	6:19
26	13.0	5:19	6:19
27	13.0	5:18	6:20
28	13.1	5:17	6:21
29	13.1	5:17	6:22
30	13.1	5:16	6:22
31	13.1	5:15	6:23

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 6.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.73 kWh/m² to a high of 7.47 kWh/m² in December across the year — October's 6.75 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)	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	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	6.8	6.9	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	6.5	Intense
2	6.5	Intense
3	6.5	Intense
4	6.5	Intense
5	6.5	Intense
6	6.6	Intense
7	6.6	Intense
8	6.6	Intense
9	6.6	Intense
10	6.6	Intense
11	6.7	Intense
12	6.7	Intense
13	6.7	Intense
14	6.7	Intense
15	6.8	Intense
16	6.8	Intense
17	6.8	Intense
18	6.8	Intense
19	6.8	Intense
20	6.8	Intense
21	6.9	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 Thaba-Tseka

In seasonPeak

In October, Thaba-Tseka sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Thaba-Tseka's monsoon runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Thaba-Tseka?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

2.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Thaba-Tseka for sightseeing.

What to pack for Thaba-Tseka in October

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

In October, Thaba-Tseka sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 5°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Thaba-Tseka 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 Thaba-Tseka peaks around January 14 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 5 (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)	16	14	12	8	6	5	5	7	9	12	12	15
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	7	High
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Air quality in Thaba-Tseka 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 Thaba-Tseka is worst in July — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.7× the cleanest month (December, 4 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)	4	6	8	9	12	14	15	15	14	9	5	4
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	4	Good
Feb	6	Good
Mar	8	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	12	Good
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	9	Good
Nov	5	Good
Dec	4	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Thaba-Tseka?

Thaba-Tseka sits at 29.5°S, 28.6°E, 2,230 m above sea level, in Lesotho. The nearest listed city is Qacha’s Nek, 66 km away.

Topography around Thaba-Tseka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Thaba-Tseka has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 668 m around an average of 2,201 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,331 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,049 m.

The land around Thaba-Tseka is covered by grassland (66%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (88%) within 16 km, and grassland (91%) within 80 km.

3 km

668 m

grassland 66%

16 km

1,331 m

grassland 88%

80 km

2,049 m

grassland 91%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

October weather nearby: Qacha’s Nek 66 km · Hlotse 91 km · Butha-Buthe 91 km · Teyateyaneng 93 km · Maputsoe 99 km · Ficksburg 101 km · Fouriesburg 108 km · Mabote 108 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 Thaba-Tseka (-29.522°, 28.6084°, elevation 2,230 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	18	4
2	18	4
3	18	4
4	18	4
5	18	4
6	18	4
7	18	4
8	18	4
9	18	5
10	18	5
11	18	5
12	18	5
13	18	5
14	18	5
15	18	5
16	18	5
17	18	5
18	18	5
19	18	5
20	18	5
21	18	5
22	19	5
23	19	6
24	19	6
25	19	6
26	19	6
27	19	6
28	19	6
29	19	6
30	19	6
31	19	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	68	32
9	67	33
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	32
4	33
5	34
6	35
7	36
8	37
9	38
10	39
11	39
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	43
16	44
17	45
18	46
19	47
20	48
21	48
22	49
23	49
24	49
25	50
26	50
27	50
28	50
29	50
30	50
31	50

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	68	32
9	67	33
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	32
4	33
5	34
6	35
7	36
8	37
9	38
10	39
11	39
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	43
16	44
17	45
18	46
19	47
20	48
21	48
22	49
23	49
24	49
25	50
26	50
27	50
28	50
29	50
30	50
31	50

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	68	32
9	67	33
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	32
4	33
5	34
6	35
7	36
8	37
9	38
10	39
11	39
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	43
16	44
17	45
18	46
19	47
20	48
21	48
22	49
23	49
24	49
25	50
26	50
27	50
28	50
29	50
30	50
31	50

	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