Evaton climate

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Evaton is warmest in October, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 2.8 °C. December is the wettest month (134 mm) and July the driest (2.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Evaton averages 731 mm of rain, 136 days above 25 °C and 10 days below freezing.

South Africa · population 725,468 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month October 26 °C
Coldest month July 2.8 °C
Driest month July 3 mm
Wettest month December 134 mm
Least cloud July 12 % cloud
Hottest on record January 38 °C
Coldest on record July -4.6 °C

What to expectEvaton through the year

Evaton has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in July to 26 °C in October, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 136 days a year reach 25 °C, 20 of them reach 30 °C, 10 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 134 mm against 3 mm in July — 46 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.1 °C	126 mm	49 %
February	25.9 °C	113 mm	46 %
March	24.6 °C	88 mm	41 %
April	22.2 °C	40 mm	35 %
May	20.0 °C	18 mm	21 %
June	17.6 °C	7 mm	14 %
July	17.8 °C	3 mm	12 %
August	21.1 °C	11 mm	16 %
September	25.2 °C	20 mm	23 %
October	26.2 °C	71 mm	38 %
November	25.9 °C	99 mm	47 %
December	26.1 °C	134 mm	52 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	26.1 °C	15.6 °C	20.7 °C	38.1 °C	7.6 °C	20	3	0
February	25.9 °C	15.3 °C	20.4 °C	33.2 °C	8.3 °C	18	2	0
March	24.6 °C	13.6 °C	18.9 °C	32.0 °C	6.1 °C	13	1	0
April	22.2 °C	10.4 °C	16.2 °C	29.2 °C	0.6 °C	4	0	0
May	20.0 °C	6.7 °C	13.2 °C	28.5 °C	-3.8 °C	1	0	1
June	17.6 °C	3.5 °C	10.2 °C	25.2 °C	-4.4 °C	0	0	3
July	17.8 °C	2.8 °C	10.0 °C	25.4 °C	-4.6 °C	0	0	5
August	21.1 °C	5.8 °C	13.3 °C	29.4 °C	-4.3 °C	4	0	1
September	25.2 °C	9.8 °C	17.5 °C	32.5 °C	-0.8 °C	17	2	0
October	26.2 °C	12.4 °C	19.2 °C	34.9 °C	3.2 °C	20	5	0
November	25.9 °C	13.6 °C	19.7 °C	35.7 °C	4.7 °C	19	4	0
December	26.1 °C	15.2 °C	20.5 °C	35.3 °C	5.1 °C	20	3	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	126 mm	15	14 h/day	49 %	68 %	17 km/h
February	113 mm	13	13 h/day	46 %	69 %	16 km/h
March	88 mm	11	12 h/day	41 %	68 %	16 km/h
April	40 mm	6	11 h/day	35 %	65 %	15 km/h
May	18 mm	3	11 h/day	21 %	56 %	15 km/h
June	7 mm	1	10 h/day	14 %	54 %	16 km/h
July	3 mm	1	11 h/day	12 %	49 %	16 km/h
August	11 mm	2	11 h/day	16 %	44 %	19 km/h
September	20 mm	3	12 h/day	23 %	40 %	20 km/h
October	71 mm	10	13 h/day	38 %	51 %	21 km/h
November	99 mm	13	13 h/day	47 %	59 %	20 km/h
December	134 mm	17	14 h/day	52 %	66 %	19 km/h

How Evaton compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Evaton	26 °C	2.8 °C	731 mm	136
Vereeniging · South Africa	27 °C	2.7 °C	708 mm	151
Soweto · South Africa	25 °C	2.8 °C	729 mm	102
Westonaria · South Africa	26 °C	3.1 °C	728 mm	117
Johannesburg · South Africa	25 °C	2.4 °C	731 mm	87
Carletonville · South Africa	26 °C	2.9 °C	705 mm	135
Krugersdorp · South Africa	25 °C	2.6 °C	664 mm	92

Where Evaton ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in June	15th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in Africa in May	15th of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Africa in July	17th of 50	18 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in April	20th of 50	94/100
The coolest places in Africa in August	35th of 50	21 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in September	42nd of 50	90/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Evaton.

QuestionsCommon questions about Evaton’s climate

When is the best time to visit Evaton?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, October is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Evaton get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 20 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 2.8 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 10 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Evaton?

December, averaging 134 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is July with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 731 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Evaton rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -26.533°, 27.850° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, 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.