Vereeniging climate

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Vereeniging is warmest in January, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 2.7 °C. December is the wettest month (134 mm) and July the driest (3.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Vereeniging averages 708 mm of rain, 151 days above 25 °C and 10 days below freezing.

South Africa · population 474,681 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month July 2.7 °C
Driest month July 4 mm
Wettest month December 134 mm
Least cloud July 13 % cloud
Hottest on record January 39 °C
Coldest on record July -5.3 °C

What to expectVereeniging through the year

Vereeniging has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in July to 27 °C in January, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 151 days a year reach 25 °C, 29 of them reach 30 °C, 10 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 134 mm against 4 mm in July — 38 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.7 °C	122 mm	49 %
February	26.4 °C	99 mm	46 %
March	25.1 °C	82 mm	41 %
April	22.7 °C	38 mm	35 %
May	20.4 °C	17 mm	21 %
June	17.9 °C	8 mm	15 %
July	18.1 °C	4 mm	13 %
August	21.4 °C	12 mm	17 %
September	25.6 °C	21 mm	23 %
October	26.7 °C	73 mm	39 %
November	26.5 °C	99 mm	47 %
December	26.7 °C	134 mm	51 %

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	26.7 °C	15.9 °C	21.2 °C	38.5 °C	7.7 °C	22	5	0
February	26.4 °C	15.6 °C	20.8 °C	34.2 °C	9.0 °C	20	3	0
March	25.1 °C	13.9 °C	19.3 °C	32.9 °C	6.5 °C	16	2	0
April	22.7 °C	10.7 °C	16.5 °C	30.3 °C	1.0 °C	6	0	0
May	20.4 °C	6.7 °C	13.3 °C	28.9 °C	-3.8 °C	1	0	0
June	17.9 °C	3.4 °C	10.2 °C	25.5 °C	-4.3 °C	0	0	3
July	18.1 °C	2.7 °C	10.1 °C	26.1 °C	-5.3 °C	0	0	5
August	21.4 °C	5.7 °C	13.4 °C	29.7 °C	-3.6 °C	5	0	1
September	25.6 °C	9.8 °C	17.6 °C	33.3 °C	-0.7 °C	18	3	0
October	26.7 °C	12.5 °C	19.5 °C	34.9 °C	3.2 °C	21	6	0
November	26.5 °C	13.8 °C	20.0 °C	36.1 °C	5.1 °C	20	5	0
December	26.7 °C	15.4 °C	20.9 °C	36.2 °C	5.5 °C	22	5	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	122 mm	14	14 h/day	49 %	67 %	17 km/h
February	99 mm	12	13 h/day	46 %	68 %	16 km/h
March	82 mm	10	12 h/day	41 %	67 %	16 km/h
April	38 mm	6	11 h/day	35 %	64 %	15 km/h
May	17 mm	3	11 h/day	21 %	57 %	15 km/h
June	8 mm	2	10 h/day	15 %	55 %	15 km/h
July	4 mm	1	11 h/day	13 %	50 %	16 km/h
August	12 mm	2	11 h/day	17 %	44 %	18 km/h
September	21 mm	4	12 h/day	23 %	40 %	20 km/h
October	73 mm	10	13 h/day	39 %	50 %	20 km/h
November	99 mm	12	13 h/day	47 %	58 %	20 km/h
December	134 mm	16	14 h/day	51 %	65 %	19 km/h

How Vereeniging 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
Vereeniging	27 °C	2.7 °C	708 mm	151
Evaton · South Africa	26 °C	2.8 °C	731 mm	136
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
Benoni · South Africa	25 °C	2.7 °C	705 mm	107

Where Vereeniging ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in June	16th of 50	18 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in April	17th of 50	94/100
The coolest places in Africa in May	18th of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Africa in July	19th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in Africa in August	40th of 50	21 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in September	48th of 50	89/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Vereeniging’s climate

When is the best time to visit Vereeniging?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, October, November 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 Vereeniging get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 29 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 2.7 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 10 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Vereeniging?

December, averaging 134 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is July with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 708 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 Vereeniging 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: -26.673°, 27.926° (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.