Vryheid climate

Name: Vryheid
Address: ZA

Vryheid is warmest in February, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 4.5 °C. December is the wettest month (150 mm) and June the driest (13 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Vryheid averages 880 mm of rain, 139 days above 25 °C and 3 days below freezing.

South Africa · population 150,012 · 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 4.5 °C
Driest month June 13 mm
Wettest month December 150 mm
Least cloud June 22 % cloud
Hottest on record January 39 °C
Coldest on record July -2.8 °C

What to expectVryheid through the year

Vryheid has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in July to 26 °C in February, a swing of 8.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 139 days a year reach 25 °C, 30 of them reach 30 °C, 3 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 150 mm against 13 mm in June — 11 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.6 °C	137 mm	66 %
February	25.7 °C	114 mm	62 %
March	24.7 °C	96 mm	56 %
April	22.8 °C	48 mm	47 %
May	21.3 °C	20 mm	29 %
June	19.2 °C	13 mm	22 %
July	19.1 °C	14 mm	23 %
August	21.6 °C	23 mm	30 %
September	24.3 °C	37 mm	43 %
October	24.0 °C	94 mm	61 %
November	24.7 °C	135 mm	68 %
December	25.5 °C	150 mm	69 %

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	25.6 °C	15.6 °C	20.2 °C	38.7 °C	7.4 °C	18	4	0
February	25.7 °C	15.7 °C	20.2 °C	34.4 °C	8.8 °C	17	3	0
March	24.7 °C	14.3 °C	19.1 °C	34.1 °C	6.6 °C	15	2	0
April	22.8 °C	11.5 °C	16.7 °C	32.3 °C	3.8 °C	9	0	0
May	21.3 °C	8.0 °C	14.2 °C	31.3 °C	-1.0 °C	4	0	0
June	19.2 °C	4.9 °C	11.6 °C	27.1 °C	-1.8 °C	1	0	1
July	19.1 °C	4.5 °C	11.4 °C	27.9 °C	-2.8 °C	1	0	2
August	21.6 °C	6.9 °C	13.8 °C	32.7 °C	-2.2 °C	8	1	0
September	24.3 °C	10.0 °C	16.6 °C	36.1 °C	1.5 °C	16	5	0
October	24.0 °C	11.6 °C	17.3 °C	36.7 °C	1.6 °C	15	5	0
November	24.7 °C	13.2 °C	18.5 °C	36.4 °C	2.0 °C	16	4	0
December	25.5 °C	14.9 °C	19.8 °C	36.8 °C	6.9 °C	18	5	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	137 mm	17	14 h/day	66 %	77 %	15 km/h
February	114 mm	13	13 h/day	62 %	77 %	15 km/h
March	96 mm	13	12 h/day	56 %	77 %	14 km/h
April	48 mm	7	11 h/day	47 %	74 %	14 km/h
May	20 mm	3	11 h/day	29 %	66 %	14 km/h
June	13 mm	2	10 h/day	22 %	61 %	15 km/h
July	14 mm	2	11 h/day	23 %	59 %	15 km/h
August	23 mm	4	11 h/day	30 %	59 %	17 km/h
September	37 mm	6	12 h/day	43 %	62 %	18 km/h
October	94 mm	13	13 h/day	61 %	71 %	18 km/h
November	135 mm	17	13 h/day	68 %	74 %	17 km/h
December	150 mm	18	14 h/day	69 %	77 %	16 km/h

How Vryheid 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
Vryheid	26 °C	4.5 °C	880 mm	139
Newcastle · South Africa	26 °C	3.6 °C	847 mm	152
Mbabane · Eswatini	24 °C	6.5 °C	1,264 mm	101
Richards Bay · South Africa	29 °C	15 °C	896 mm	202
KwaDukuza · South Africa	28 °C	12 °C	865 mm	173
Pietermaritzburg · South Africa	27 °C	6.4 °C	888 mm	158
Durban · South Africa	27 °C	14 °C	838 mm	144

Where Vryheid ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in June	27th of 50	19 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in September	29th of 50	91/100
The coolest places in Africa in July	31st of 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Africa in May	31st of 50	21 °C
The coolest places in Africa in August	44th of 50	22 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in August	47th of 50	91/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Vryheid’s climate

When is the best time to visit Vryheid?

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 Vryheid get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 30 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 4.5 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 3 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Vryheid?

December, averaging 150 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is June with 13 mm. The year as a whole averages 880 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 Vryheid 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: -27.770°, 30.792° (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.