Middelburg climate

Name: Middelburg
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Middelburg is warmest in February, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 3.7 °C. January is the wettest month (120 mm) and June the driest (5.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Middelburg averages 674 mm of rain, 127 days above 25 °C and 5 days below freezing.

South Africa · population 196,263 · 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 26 °C
Coldest month July 3.7 °C
Driest month June 6 mm
Wettest month January 120 mm
Least cloud July 13 % cloud
Hottest on record January 36 °C
Coldest on record June -3.6 °C

What to expectMiddelburg through the year

Middelburg has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in July to 26 °C in February, a swing of 9.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 127 days a year reach 25 °C, 13 of them reach 30 °C, 5 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 120 mm against 6 mm in June — 22 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.5 °C	120 mm	53 %
February	25.6 °C	91 mm	50 %
March	24.6 °C	86 mm	44 %
April	22.3 °C	39 mm	36 %
May	20.3 °C	15 mm	21 %
June	18.0 °C	6 mm	14 %
July	18.1 °C	6 mm	13 %
August	21.2 °C	9 mm	17 %
September	24.9 °C	18 mm	24 %
October	25.6 °C	68 mm	41 %
November	25.0 °C	102 mm	53 %
December	25.4 °C	114 mm	58 %

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	25.5 °C	15.3 °C	20.2 °C	35.7 °C	8.0 °C	18	1	0
February	25.6 °C	15.2 °C	20.1 °C	33.1 °C	9.7 °C	17	2	0
March	24.6 °C	13.8 °C	18.9 °C	32.1 °C	7.7 °C	14	1	0
April	22.3 °C	11.0 °C	16.4 °C	30.1 °C	3.3 °C	5	0	0
May	20.3 °C	7.4 °C	13.5 °C	27.4 °C	-2.7 °C	1	0	0
June	18.0 °C	4.3 °C	10.7 °C	24.9 °C	-3.6 °C	0	0	2
July	18.1 °C	3.7 °C	10.5 °C	25.1 °C	-2.7 °C	0	0	3
August	21.2 °C	6.5 °C	13.5 °C	29.1 °C	-2.6 °C	4	0	0
September	24.9 °C	9.9 °C	17.3 °C	32.3 °C	-0.5 °C	17	2	0
October	25.6 °C	12.2 °C	18.7 °C	34.6 °C	3.3 °C	18	4	0
November	25.0 °C	13.5 °C	19.1 °C	34.5 °C	4.2 °C	16	2	0
December	25.4 °C	14.9 °C	19.9 °C	33.9 °C	4.4 °C	17	2	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	120 mm	15	14 h/day	53 %	72 %	15 km/h
February	91 mm	12	13 h/day	50 %	71 %	15 km/h
March	86 mm	11	12 h/day	44 %	70 %	14 km/h
April	39 mm	6	11 h/day	36 %	67 %	14 km/h
May	15 mm	3	11 h/day	21 %	59 %	14 km/h
June	6 mm	1	11 h/day	14 %	57 %	14 km/h
July	6 mm	1	11 h/day	13 %	53 %	15 km/h
August	9 mm	2	11 h/day	17 %	49 %	16 km/h
September	18 mm	3	12 h/day	24 %	48 %	18 km/h
October	68 mm	10	13 h/day	41 %	58 %	18 km/h
November	102 mm	14	13 h/day	53 %	66 %	17 km/h
December	114 mm	16	14 h/day	58 %	70 %	16 km/h

How Middelburg 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
Middelburg	26 °C	3.7 °C	674 mm	127
Emalahleni · South Africa	25 °C	2.6 °C	711 mm	101
Benoni · South Africa	25 °C	2.7 °C	705 mm	107
Thembisa · South Africa	26 °C	3.5 °C	641 mm	121
Pretoria · South Africa	28 °C	5.1 °C	627 mm	178
Centurion · South Africa	27 °C	4.6 °C	627 mm	152
Soshanguve · South Africa	29 °C	5.6 °C	570 mm	205

Where Middelburg ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in April	13th of 50	95/100
The coolest places in Africa in May	17th of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Africa in June	18th of 50	18 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in September	19th of 50	92/100
The coolest places in Africa in July	20th of 50	18 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa year-round	21st of 50	86/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Middelburg’s climate

When is the best time to visit Middelburg?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December 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 Middelburg get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 13 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.7 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 5 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Middelburg?

January, averaging 120 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is June with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 674 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 Middelburg 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: -25.775°, 29.465° (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.