Paarl climate

Name: Paarl
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Paarl is warmest in February, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 7.2 °C. June is the wettest month (155 mm) and February the driest (17 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Paarl averages 815 mm of rain, 162 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

South Africa · population 236,910 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month July 7.2 °C
Driest month February 17 mm
Wettest month June 155 mm
Least cloud February 20 % cloud
Hottest on record February 42 °C
Coldest on record August -2.1 °C

What to expectPaarl through the year

Paarl has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in July to 31 °C in February, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 162 days a year reach 25 °C, 78 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 155 mm against 17 mm in February — 9.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.9 °C	21 mm	21 %
February	31.2 °C	17 mm	20 %
March	29.3 °C	20 mm	27 %
April	25.4 °C	59 mm	39 %
May	21.4 °C	101 mm	49 %
June	17.9 °C	155 mm	50 %
July	17.5 °C	130 mm	45 %
August	17.8 °C	113 mm	49 %
September	19.9 °C	78 mm	51 %
October	23.3 °C	49 mm	43 %
November	25.7 °C	45 mm	38 %
December	28.9 °C	27 mm	30 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.9 °C	17.3 °C	23.8 °C	41.7 °C	9.9 °C	28	18
February	31.2 °C	17.7 °C	24.0 °C	42.4 °C	11.1 °C	26	17
March	29.3 °C	16.5 °C	22.4 °C	42.4 °C	9.2 °C	26	14
April	25.4 °C	13.6 °C	19.1 °C	39.1 °C	5.3 °C	16	6
May	21.4 °C	11.0 °C	15.8 °C	32.0 °C	3.5 °C	7	1
June	17.9 °C	8.0 °C	12.7 °C	28.7 °C	1.1 °C	1	0
July	17.5 °C	7.2 °C	12.1 °C	28.0 °C	-0.2 °C	1	0
August	17.8 °C	7.6 °C	12.5 °C	29.3 °C	-2.1 °C	2	0
September	19.9 °C	9.0 °C	14.3 °C	35.7 °C	1.8 °C	5	1
October	23.3 °C	11.4 °C	17.2 °C	39.0 °C	3.9 °C	11	3
November	25.7 °C	13.2 °C	19.4 °C	38.5 °C	6.0 °C	17	6
December	28.9 °C	15.9 °C	22.2 °C	41.5 °C	9.0 °C	25	13

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	21 mm	3	14 h/day	21 %	58 %	16 km/h
February	17 mm	3	13 h/day	20 %	59 %	15 km/h
March	20 mm	4	12 h/day	27 %	61 %	14 km/h
April	59 mm	6	11 h/day	39 %	66 %	13 km/h
May	101 mm	8	10 h/day	49 %	73 %	12 km/h
June	155 mm	11	9.9 h/day	50 %	77 %	13 km/h
July	130 mm	10	10 h/day	45 %	77 %	13 km/h
August	113 mm	10	11 h/day	49 %	78 %	13 km/h
September	78 mm	8	12 h/day	51 %	76 %	14 km/h
October	49 mm	6	13 h/day	43 %	69 %	14 km/h
November	45 mm	6	14 h/day	38 %	64 %	15 km/h
December	27 mm	5	14 h/day	30 %	60 %	16 km/h

How Paarl 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
Paarl	31 °C	7.2 °C	815 mm	162
Somerset West · South Africa	27 °C	9.0 °C	767 mm	101
Cape Town · South Africa	26 °C	9.2 °C	495 mm	70
George · South Africa	24 °C	8.8 °C	626 mm	39

Where Paarl ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in August	4th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in Africa in September	8th of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Africa in July	13th of 50	18 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in October	15th of 50	94/100
The coolest places in Africa in June	17th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in Africa in May	32nd of 50	21 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Paarl’s climate

When is the best time to visit Paarl?

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

How hot does Paarl get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 78 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.2 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Paarl?

June, averaging 155 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is February with 17 mm. The year as a whole averages 815 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 Paarl 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: -33.734°, 18.975° (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.