Queensdale weather in October

In October, Queensdale sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 67 mm of rain across 11 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% 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 Queensdale's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Queensdale's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 67 mm; 11 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 5:33 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 8th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

Queensdale is human settlement in South Africa.

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical October day in Queensdale reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

How October really feels in Queensdale

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.

Queensdale 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	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 14°	134	15.4	13.8	5.8
Feb	27° / 14°	129	14.1	13.2	5.9
Mar	25° / 13°	103	13.5	12.2	6.5
Apr	22° / 10°	60	8.8	11.2	7.2
May	20° / 7°	18	3.9	10.4	7.6
Jun	17° / 4°	14	2.9	10	7.2
Jul	18° / 3°	15	2.8	10.1	7.3
Aug	19° / 5°	24	4.3	10.8	7.6
Sep	23° / 7°	37	5.7	11.8	7.7
Oct	24° / 9°	67	11	12.8	7.0
Nov	25° / 11°	91	12.6	13.6	6.5
Dec	27° / 13°	118	15.1	14	6.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% 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 41%.

	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 (%)	61	61	59	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	59	60	60	60	60
Cloudier (%)	39	39	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	41	40	40	40	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Queensdale gets around 67 mm of rain over 11 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 34% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days. 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 (%)	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	28
3	28
4	29
5	30
6	30
7	31
8	32
9	32
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	34
14	34
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	36
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

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 97% 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	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	94
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	94	6

Wind in October

Winds average 11 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
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31	11	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 5:52 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:33 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	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	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	13.2	13.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:52	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:36	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
Sunset (PM)	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	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:52	6:10
2	12.3	5:50	6:11
3	12.4	5:49	6:12
4	12.4	5:48	6:12
5	12.4	5:47	6:13
6	12.5	5:45	6:14
7	12.5	5:44	6:14
8	12.5	5:43	6:15
9	12.6	5:42	6:16
10	12.6	5:40	6:17
11	12.6	5:39	6:17
12	12.7	5:38	6:18
13	12.7	5:37	6:19
14	12.7	5:36	6:20
15	12.8	5:34	6:20
16	12.8	5:33	6:21
17	12.8	5:32	6:22
18	12.9	5:31	6:23
19	12.9	5:30	6:23
20	12.9	5:29	6:24
21	13.0	5:28	6:25
22	13.0	5:27	6:26
23	13.0	5:26	6:26
24	13.0	5:25	6:27
25	13.1	5:24	6:28
26	13.1	5:23	6:29
27	13.1	5:22	6:30
28	13.2	5:21	6:31
29	13.2	5:20	6:31
30	13.2	5:19	6:32
31	13.2	5:18	6:33

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 6.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.19 kWh/m² to a high of 7.14 kWh/m² in December across the year — October's 6.18 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)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	6.0	Intense
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.4	Intense
23	6.4	Intense
24	6.5	Intense
25	6.5	Intense
26	6.5	Intense
27	6.6	Intense
28	6.6	Intense
29	6.7	Intense
30	6.7	Intense
31	6.7	Intense

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Queensdale

In seasonPeak

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

Queensdale'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 Queensdale?

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

7.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

5.9

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit Queensdale for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Queensdale in October

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

In October, Queensdale sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 9°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Queensdale 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 Queensdale peaks around January 14 at about 14 (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	12	10	7	5	4	4	6	7	11	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	10	Extreme
Apr	7	High
May	5	Moderate
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	7	High
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Queensdale 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 Queensdale is worst in September — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.2× the cleanest month (January, 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	4	6	6	8	9	9	10	16	11	5	4
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	4	Good
Feb	4	Good
Mar	6	Good
Apr	6	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	10	Good
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	5	Good
Dec	4	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Queensdale?

Queensdale sits at 31.9°S, 27.0°E, 1,205 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Queenstown, 10 km away.

Topography around Queensdale

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Queensdale has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 438 m around an average of 1,282 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 932 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,033 m.

The land around Queensdale is covered by grassland (56%) and shrubs (28%) within 3 km, grassland (61%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (76%) within 80 km.

3 km

438 m

grassland 56%

16 km

932 m

grassland 61%

80 km

2,033 m

grassland 76%

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

October weather nearby: Queenstown 10 km · Lady Frere 30 km · Whittlesea 37 km · Cala 78 km · Stutterheim 88 km · Khowa 102 km · Alice 103 km · Fort Beaufort 106 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

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 Queensdale (-31.871°, 26.9786°, elevation 1,205 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	23	8
2	23	8
3	23	8
4	23	9
5	23	9
6	23	9
7	23	9
8	23	9
9	24	9
10	24	9
11	24	9
12	24	9
13	24	9
14	24	9
15	24	9
16	24	9
17	24	9
18	24	9
19	24	10
20	24	10
21	24	10
22	24	10
23	24	10
24	25	10
25	25	10
26	25	10
27	25	10
28	25	10
29	25	10
30	25	10
31	25	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	28
3	28
4	29
5	30
6	30
7	31
8	32
9	32
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	34
14	34
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	36
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	28
3	28
4	29
5	30
6	30
7	31
8	32
9	32
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	34
14	34
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	36
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	28
3	28
4	29
5	30
6	30
7	31
8	32
9	32
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	34
14	34
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	36
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	94	6