Greytown weather in October

In October, Greytown sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 69 mm of rain across 12 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 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 Greytown's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Greytown's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
6th warmest
Overnight low
12°
6th coldest
Rainfall
69 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:21 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
63%
9th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Greytown is town in South Africa.

Founded
1854

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 25°C through the month.

A typical October day in Greytown reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and about 1°C cooler than November.

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Greytown 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 17°10616.613.65.4
Feb28° / 17°9113.8135.7
Mar27° / 16°7512.212.26.4
Apr24° / 13°447.811.37.5
May23° / 193.710.68.3
Jun20° / 132.510.28.2
Jul20° / 182.410.38.2
Aug22° / 224.3118.2
Sep25° / 11°336.111.87.8
Oct25° / 12°691212.76.5
Nov26° / 14°9415.213.55.7
Dec27° / 16°10717.113.85.4

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25149
34951
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54852
64753
74654
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Greytown gets around 69 mm of rain over 12 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 38% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
130
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735
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3145

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 73% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
189110
289110
388120
487130
586140
686140
785150
883161
982171
1081181
1181181
1280191
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2561363
2660373
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2957394
3056404
3155405

Wind in October

Winds average 9 km/h in October, the windiest month of the year.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
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59calm
69calm
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109calm
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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 5:38 AM to 5:08 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:385:55
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312.35:365:56
412.45:355:57
512.45:345:57
612.45:325:58
712.55:315:58
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912.55:296:00
1012.55:286:00
1112.65:276:01
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1312.65:246:02
1412.75:236:03
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1612.75:216:04
1712.75:206:05
1812.85:196:05
1912.85:186:06
2012.85:176:07
2112.95:166:07
2212.95:156:08
2312.95:146:09
2412.95:146:09
2513.05:136:10
2613.05:126:11
2713.05:116:12
2813.05:106:12
2913.15:096:13
3013.15:096:14
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.4 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in December across the year — October's 5.23 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Greytown

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Greytown?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Greytown for sightseeing.

What to pack for Greytown in October

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

In October, Greytown sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Greytown 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 Greytown peaks around January 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeHighModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 14UV 14Jul 10UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr7High
May6High
Jun4Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug6High
Sep7Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Greytown 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 Greytown is worst in July — around 100 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (January, 22 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 1399 µg/m³Jan 1222 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb28Moderate
Mar42Poor
Apr60Unhealthy
May91Unhealthy
Jun92Unhealthy
Jul100Unhealthy
Aug77Unhealthy
Sep62Unhealthy
Oct39Poor
Nov35Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Greytown?

Greytown sits at 29.1°S, 30.6°E, 1,050 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Howick, 58 km away.

Topography around Greytown

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Greytown has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 407 m around an average of 1,082 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 812 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,775 m.

The land around Greytown is covered by trees (44%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
407 m
16 km
812 m
80 km
1,775 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
October weather nearby: Howick 58 km · Mooi River 60 km · Pietermaritzburg 64 km · Mpophomeni 69 km · Estcourt 71 km · KwaDukuza 74 km · Shakaskraal 74 km · Tongaat 76 km

South Africa travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / M / N
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 41% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,598
2025
Happiness
5.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
68%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
43.7
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
22.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 602
Religion
Christian 86%or other traditional African religions 5%nothing in particular 5%Muslim 2%

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 Greytown (-29.0642°, 30.5928°, elevation 1,050 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).