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Places with the best weather in Africa in June: ranked by comfort score

Gitega tops the list at 99 /100 in June. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Africa.

Top three in June: Gitega (99 /100) , Sumbawanga (98 /100) , Songea (98 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 6.5 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Gitega Burundi 99 /100 23 °C 14 °C 5 mm 1 336 h –
2 Sumbawanga Tanzania 98 /100 23 °C 12 °C 2 mm 0 343 h –
3 Songea Tanzania 98 /100 23 °C 13 °C 4 mm 1 310 h –
4 Chipata Zambia 97 /100 23 °C 13 °C 1 mm 0 314 h –
5 Chingola Zambia 97 /100 24 °C 12 °C 0 mm 0 323 h –
6 Lilongwe Malawi 97 /100 23 °C 11 °C 1 mm 0 315 h –
7 Dessie Ethiopia 97 /100 24 °C 11 °C 10 mm 2 332 h –
8 KwaDukuza South Africa 97 /100 22 °C 13 °C 26 mm 4 278 h 22 °C
9 Ndola Zambia 97 /100 24 °C 12 °C 0 mm 0 323 h –
10 Lusaka Zambia 97 /100 22 °C 12 °C 1 mm 0 313 h –
11 Kigali Rwanda 97 /100 24 °C 15 °C 14 mm 3 314 h –
12 Mbeya Tanzania 96 /100 23 °C 12 °C 3 mm 1 337 h –
13 Chimoio Mozambique 96 /100 23 °C 12 °C 10 mm 3 298 h –
14 Bukavu Democratic Republic of the Congo 96 /100 24 °C 16 °C 25 mm 5 339 h –
15 Lubango Angola 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 0 mm 0 323 h –
16 Kasama Zambia 96 /100 25 °C 12 °C 0 mm 0 327 h –
17 Livingstone Zambia 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 1 mm 0 316 h –
18 Mwala Kenya 96 /100 24 °C 15 °C 7 mm 2 274 h –
19 Mufulira Zambia 96 /100 25 °C 13 °C 0 mm 0 324 h –
20 Luanshya Zambia 96 /100 25 °C 12 °C 0 mm 0 322 h –
21 Kabwe Zambia 96 /100 23 °C 12 °C 1 mm 0 311 h –
22 East London South Africa 96 /100 22 °C 13 °C 26 mm 4 275 h 22 °C
23 Kitwe Zambia 96 /100 25 °C 12 °C 0 mm 0 323 h –
24 Kipushi Democratic Republic of the Congo 95 /100 25 °C 12 °C 0 mm 0 327 h –
25 Iringa Tanzania 95 /100 22 °C 12 °C 1 mm 0 330 h –
26 Blantyre Malawi 95 /100 21 °C 12 °C 12 mm 4 305 h –
27 Lichinga Mozambique 95 /100 21 °C 10 °C 2 mm 0 313 h –
28 Kitengela Kenya 95 /100 23 °C 14 °C 30 mm 6 283 h –
29 Tunduma Tanzania 95 /100 22 °C 11 °C 0 mm 0 335 h –
30 Arusha Tanzania 95 /100 22 °C 13 °C 10 mm 3 304 h –
31 Durban South Africa 95 /100 22 °C 14 °C 29 mm 4 281 h 22 °C
32 Musanze Rwanda 95 /100 22 °C 15 °C 37 mm 7 328 h –
33 Ongata Rongai Kenya 95 /100 22 °C 13 °C 33 mm 6 291 h –
34 Mansa Zambia 95 /100 25 °C 14 °C 0 mm 0 334 h –
35 Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo 95 /100 25 °C 12 °C 0 mm 0 328 h –
36 Solwezi Zambia 95 /100 25 °C 12 °C 0 mm 0 322 h –
37 Gweru Zimbabwe 94 /100 20 °C 9.1 °C 4 mm 1 292 h –
38 Maputo Mozambique 94 /100 24 °C 15 °C 13 mm 3 289 h –
39 Likasi Democratic Republic of the Congo 94 /100 26 °C 13 °C 0 mm 0 329 h –
40 Kolwezi Democratic Republic of the Congo 94 /100 26 °C 14 °C 0 mm 0 328 h –
41 Huambo Angola 94 /100 24 °C 9.3 °C 0 mm 0 333 h –
42 Matola Mozambique 93 /100 24 °C 15 °C 13 mm 3 289 h –
43 Chitungwiza Zimbabwe 93 /100 21 °C 8.2 °C 2 mm 0 300 h –
44 Bulawayo Zimbabwe 93 /100 21 °C 8.4 °C 4 mm 1 294 h –
45 Xai-Xai Mozambique 93 /100 25 °C 16 °C 21 mm 5 293 h 24 °C
46 Harare Zimbabwe 93 /100 20 °C 8.4 °C 2 mm 0 301 h –
47 Mutare Zimbabwe 93 /100 21 °C 9.6 °C 8 mm 2 298 h –
48 Kariega South Africa 93 /100 21 °C 10.0 °C 24 mm 4 263 h 18 °C
49 Moshi Tanzania 93 /100 23 °C 16 °C 23 mm 6 291 h –
50 Cuíto Angola 92 /100 24 °C 8.6 °C 0 mm 0 330 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

May: top 5

  1. Gweru 98 /100
  2. Lubango 97 /100
  3. Harare 97 /100
  4. Chitungwiza 97 /100
  5. Sumbawanga 97 /100

Full ranking for May

July: top 5

  1. Musanze 99 /100
  2. Gitega 99 /100
  3. Songea 98 /100
  4. Sumbawanga 98 /100
  5. Mwala 97 /100

Full ranking for July

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in June, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in Africa with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.