Soshanguve climate

Name: Soshanguve
Address: ZA

Soshanguve is warmest in January, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 5.6 °C. December is the wettest month (104 mm) and July the driest (2.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Soshanguve averages 570 mm of rain, 205 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

South Africa · population 872,309 · 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 January 29 °C
Coldest month July 5.6 °C
Driest month July 3 mm
Wettest month December 104 mm
Least cloud July 11 % cloud
Hottest on record January 39 °C
Coldest on record June -0.4 °C

What to expectSoshanguve through the year

Soshanguve has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in July to 29 °C in January, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 205 days a year reach 25 °C, 71 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 104 mm against 3 mm in July — 39 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.8 °C	92 mm	49 %
February	28.8 °C	83 mm	46 %
March	27.3 °C	75 mm	40 %
April	24.7 °C	34 mm	33 %
May	22.5 °C	16 mm	18 %
June	19.9 °C	6 mm	13 %
July	20.0 °C	3 mm	11 %
August	23.4 °C	6 mm	14 %
September	27.6 °C	15 mm	21 %
October	28.7 °C	55 mm	35 %
November	28.3 °C	82 mm	48 %
December	28.5 °C	104 mm	53 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.8 °C	18.1 °C	23.3 °C	39.3 °C	11.0 °C	27	11
February	28.8 °C	18.0 °C	23.3 °C	37.2 °C	12.4 °C	25	10
March	27.3 °C	16.5 °C	21.7 °C	35.9 °C	10.2 °C	24	7
April	24.7 °C	13.2 °C	18.8 °C	32.6 °C	4.9 °C	14	1
May	22.5 °C	9.3 °C	15.6 °C	30.4 °C	0.9 °C	6	0
June	19.9 °C	6.0 °C	12.6 °C	26.5 °C	-0.4 °C	1	0
July	20.0 °C	5.6 °C	12.5 °C	27.9 °C	-0.4 °C	0	0
August	23.4 °C	8.3 °C	15.7 °C	31.0 °C	0.5 °C	10	0
September	27.6 °C	12.3 °C	19.9 °C	36.0 °C	4.0 °C	23	8
October	28.7 °C	14.8 °C	21.7 °C	38.3 °C	7.5 °C	26	13
November	28.3 °C	16.1 °C	22.1 °C	38.7 °C	7.6 °C	24	11
December	28.5 °C	17.5 °C	22.9 °C	37.8 °C	9.6 °C	26	10

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	92 mm	13	14 h/day	49 %	63 %	15 km/h
February	83 mm	10	13 h/day	46 %	62 %	15 km/h
March	75 mm	9	12 h/day	40 %	63 %	14 km/h
April	34 mm	5	11 h/day	33 %	62 %	14 km/h
May	16 mm	2	11 h/day	18 %	54 %	13 km/h
June	6 mm	1	11 h/day	13 %	53 %	13 km/h
July	3 mm	1	11 h/day	11 %	48 %	14 km/h
August	6 mm	1	11 h/day	14 %	43 %	15 km/h
September	15 mm	2	12 h/day	21 %	40 %	17 km/h
October	55 mm	7	13 h/day	35 %	49 %	18 km/h
November	82 mm	11	13 h/day	48 %	57 %	17 km/h
December	104 mm	14	14 h/day	53 %	63 %	16 km/h

How Soshanguve 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
Soshanguve	29 °C	5.6 °C	570 mm	205
Pretoria · South Africa	28 °C	5.1 °C	627 mm	178
Centurion · South Africa	27 °C	4.6 °C	627 mm	152
Thembisa · South Africa	26 °C	3.5 °C	641 mm	121
Krugersdorp · South Africa	25 °C	2.6 °C	664 mm	92
Johannesburg · South Africa	25 °C	2.4 °C	731 mm	87
Benoni · South Africa	25 °C	2.7 °C	705 mm	107

Where Soshanguve ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in April	5th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in May	11th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in April	22nd of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in May	22nd of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in August	27th of 50	93/100
The coolest places in Africa in June	35th of 50	20 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Soshanguve’s climate

When is the best time to visit Soshanguve?

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

How hot does Soshanguve get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 71 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 5.6 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Soshanguve?

December, averaging 104 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is July with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 570 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 Soshanguve 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: -25.473°, 28.099° (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.