Saldanha weather in October

In October, Saldanha sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 12 mm of rain across 2.9 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-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 59% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Saldanha's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saldanha's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 12 mm; 2.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 6:08 AM – 6:58 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 6th clearest
Wind: 22 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; out of 10

Saldanha is town in the Western Cape, 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month.

A typical October day in Saldanha reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 21°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)	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

Saldanha weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 17°	7	1.5	13.9	8.5
Feb	21° / 17°	6	1.3	13.2	8.5
Mar	20° / 16°	8	1.6	12.3	8.1
Apr	19° / 15°	19	3.3	11.2	7.3
May	17° / 14°	31	5.5	10.3	6.5
Jun	16° / 12°	53	8.3	9.9	5.6
Jul	16° / 12°	47	6.8	10	5.6
Aug	16° / 12°	41	6.9	10.8	5.6
Sep	17° / 13°	23	5.4	11.8	6.2
Oct	18° / 14°	12	2.9	12.8	7.2
Nov	19° / 15°	13	2.7	13.7	7.6
Dec	20° / 16°	7	1.8	14.1	8.2

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%. Skies tend to open up 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	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	78	78	77	76	76	76	76
Cloudier (%)	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	23	24	24	24	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Saldanha gets around 12 mm of rain over 2.9 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 10% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11

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

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 68% 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 (%)	77	76	76	75	74	74	73	73	72	72	72	71	71	70	70	69	69	68	67	66	66	65	64	63	62	61	61	60	59	59	58
Comfortable (%)	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	33	34	34	35	36	37	38	39	39	40	41	41	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	77	23
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	75	25
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	65	35
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	62	38
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	60	40
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	58	42

Wind in October

Winds average 22 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 23 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	21	breezy
2	21	breezy
3	21	breezy
4	21	breezy
5	21	breezy
6	21	breezy
7	21	breezy
8	21	breezy
9	21	breezy
10	22	breezy
11	22	breezy
12	22	breezy
13	22	breezy
14	22	breezy
15	22	breezy
16	22	breezy
17	22	breezy
18	22	breezy
19	22	breezy
20	22	breezy
21	22	breezy
22	22	breezy
23	22	breezy
24	22	breezy
25	23	breezy
26	23	breezy
27	23	breezy
28	23	breezy
29	23	breezy
30	23	breezy
31	23	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 60 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:28 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 7:11 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	12.4	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	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53
Sunset (PM)	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:28	6:47
2	12.4	6:26	6:48
3	12.4	6:25	6:48
4	12.4	6:23	6:49
5	12.5	6:22	6:50
6	12.5	6:21	6:51
7	12.5	6:20	6:51
8	12.6	6:18	6:52
9	12.6	6:17	6:53
10	12.6	6:16	6:54
11	12.7	6:14	6:54
12	12.7	6:13	6:55
13	12.7	6:12	6:56
14	12.8	6:11	6:57
15	12.8	6:09	6:57
16	12.8	6:08	6:58
17	12.9	6:07	6:59
18	12.9	6:06	7:00
19	12.9	6:05	7:01
20	13.0	6:04	7:01
21	13.0	6:03	7:02
22	13.0	6:01	7:03
23	13.1	6:00	7:04
24	13.1	5:59	7:05
25	13.1	5:58	7:06
26	13.2	5:57	7:07
27	13.2	5:56	7:07
28	13.2	5:55	7:08
29	13.2	5:54	7:09
30	13.3	5:54	7:10
31	13.3	5:53	7:11

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 6.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.64 kWh/m² to a high of 8.39 kWh/m² in December across the year — October's 6.67 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)	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2
Level	Bright	Bright	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	5.9	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.2	Intense
6	6.2	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.4	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.5	Intense
12	6.5	Intense
13	6.5	Intense
14	6.6	Intense
15	6.6	Intense
16	6.7	Intense
17	6.7	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	7.0	Intense
25	7.0	Intense
26	7.0	Intense
27	7.1	Intense
28	7.1	Intense
29	7.1	Intense
30	7.2	Intense
31	7.2	Intense

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Saldanha?

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

7.2

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

2.3

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Saldanha in October

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

In October, Saldanha sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 14°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a windbreaker.

sun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Saldanha in October

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in October — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in January at about 17°C and coldest in August near 15°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	17	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	16	Cool
Jun	15	Cool
Jul	15	Bracing
Aug	15	Bracing
Sep	15	Cool
Oct	15	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Saldanha in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Saldanha peaks around January 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	10	10	6	4	3	3	4	5	10	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	5	High
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Saldanha?

Saldanha sits at 33.0°S, 17.9°E, 20 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Vredenburg, 12 km away.

Topography around Saldanha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saldanha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,124 m.

The land around Saldanha is covered by water (37%) within 3 km, water (50%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and water (48%), cropland (25%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

116 m

water 37%

16 km

186 m

water 50%

80 km

1,124 m

water 48%

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

October weather nearby: Vredenburg 12 km · Moorreesburg 69 km · Atlantis 80 km · Malmesbury 88 km · Cape Town 111 km · Durbanville 112 km · Rondebosch 117 km · Kraaifontein 117 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 Saldanha (-33.0117°, 17.9442°, elevation 20 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	77	23
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	75	25
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	65	35
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	62	38
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	60	40
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	58	42

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	77	23
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	75	25
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	65	35
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	62	38
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	60	40
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	58	42

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	77	23
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	75	25
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	65	35
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	62	38
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	60	40
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	58	42