KwaDukuza climate

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KwaDukuza is warmest in February, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 12 °C. January is the wettest month (105 mm) and June the driest (26 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year KwaDukuza averages 865 mm of rain and 173 days above 25 °C.

South Africa · population 161,177 · 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 February 28 °C
Coldest month July 12 °C
Driest month June 26 mm
Wettest month January 105 mm
Least cloud June 25 % cloud
Hottest on record September 40 °C
Coldest on record July 5.4 °C
Warmest sea February 25 °C

What to expectKwaDukuza through the year

KwaDukuza has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in July to 28 °C in February, a swing of 7.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 173 days a year reach 25 °C, 43 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 105 mm against 26 mm in June — 4.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off KwaDukuza is warmest in February at 25 °C and coldest in August at 21 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.5 °C	105 mm	62 %
February	27.7 °C	99 mm	57 %
March	27.0 °C	94 mm	51 %
April	25.3 °C	72 mm	45 %
May	24.0 °C	45 mm	32 %
June	22.4 °C	26 mm	25 %
July	21.9 °C	41 mm	25 %
August	23.0 °C	32 mm	34 %
September	23.8 °C	59 mm	48 %
October	24.2 °C	89 mm	62 %
November	25.3 °C	101 mm	67 %
December	26.7 °C	104 mm	66 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.5 °C	20.7 °C	23.9 °C	39.1 °C	15.1 °C	23	8
February	27.7 °C	21.0 °C	24.1 °C	39.2 °C	16.1 °C	23	7
March	27.0 °C	20.1 °C	23.2 °C	36.6 °C	14.5 °C	22	6
April	25.3 °C	17.8 °C	21.3 °C	36.4 °C	11.5 °C	16	3
May	24.0 °C	15.4 °C	19.2 °C	35.4 °C	9.1 °C	11	1
June	22.4 °C	12.9 °C	17.1 °C	32.0 °C	7.3 °C	6	0
July	21.9 °C	12.3 °C	16.6 °C	31.6 °C	5.4 °C	6	0
August	23.0 °C	13.5 °C	17.9 °C	36.3 °C	7.0 °C	9	1
September	23.8 °C	15.1 °C	19.1 °C	39.9 °C	8.7 °C	11	3
October	24.2 °C	16.5 °C	20.1 °C	38.4 °C	9.5 °C	13	3
November	25.3 °C	18.0 °C	21.4 °C	37.8 °C	10.5 °C	14	5
December	26.7 °C	19.7 °C	23.0 °C	39.7 °C	11.9 °C	20	6

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	105 mm	13	14 h/day	62 %	78 %	19 km/h	24.9 °C
February	99 mm	12	13 h/day	57 %	79 %	18 km/h	25.4 °C
March	94 mm	11	12 h/day	51 %	80 %	17 km/h	25.2 °C
April	72 mm	8	11 h/day	45 %	78 %	16 km/h	24.3 °C
May	45 mm	5	11 h/day	32 %	75 %	15 km/h	23.2 °C
June	26 mm	4	10 h/day	25 %	69 %	15 km/h	21.9 °C
July	41 mm	4	10 h/day	25 %	69 %	16 km/h	21.1 °C
August	32 mm	6	11 h/day	34 %	69 %	17 km/h	20.6 °C
September	59 mm	8	12 h/day	48 %	74 %	19 km/h	20.9 °C
October	89 mm	13	13 h/day	62 %	77 %	20 km/h	21.5 °C
November	101 mm	13	14 h/day	67 %	78 %	19 km/h	22.6 °C
December	104 mm	13	14 h/day	66 %	78 %	19 km/h	23.7 °C

How KwaDukuza 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
KwaDukuza	28 °C	12 °C	865 mm	173
Durban · South Africa	27 °C	14 °C	838 mm	144
Pietermaritzburg · South Africa	27 °C	6.4 °C	888 mm	158
Richards Bay · South Africa	29 °C	15 °C	896 mm	202
Vryheid · South Africa	26 °C	4.5 °C	880 mm	139
Newcastle · South Africa	26 °C	3.6 °C	847 mm	152

Where KwaDukuza ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	8th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in June	10th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	14th of 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in April	17th of 50	86/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in March	19th of 50	82/100
Places with the best weather in the world in July	23rd of 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about KwaDukuza’s climate

When is the best time to visit KwaDukuza?

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

How hot does KwaDukuza get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 43 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 12 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in KwaDukuza?

January, averaging 105 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is June with 26 mm. The year as a whole averages 865 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 KwaDukuza 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: -29.328°, 31.290° (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.