Average annual temperature is 17.4 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 40.5 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 2.6 °C
Number of sunny days: 299 days
Number of rainy days: 66 days
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* Weather data for Richtersveld South Africa is based on climate observations for 2026 year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute maximum temperature (°C) | 38.7 | 37.9 | 35.5 | 36.4 | 32.6 | 23.7 | 26.2 | 32.2 | 31.3 | 37.0 | 40.5 | 32.8 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | 30.9 | 29.5 | 27.0 | 27.6 | 21.5 | 17.4 | 18.7 | 22.0 | 21.0 | 27.3 | 30.9 | 28.3 |
| Average temperature (°C) | 21.9 | 21.0 | 18.6 | 19.3 | 15.1 | 12.0 | 12.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 18.9 | 21.9 | 19.4 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | 14.8 | 14.7 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 10.0 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 12.6 | 14.2 | 12.6 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | 10.5 | 13.0 | 9.4 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 9.9 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight maximum duration (h) | 13.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 13.7 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 13.9 |
| Daylight minimum duration (h) | 13.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Sunshine mean duration (h) | 12.7 | 11.7 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.8 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 24 | 3 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Sunny days | 27 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 18 | 24 | 27 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 27 |
| Rainy days | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Snow days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The largest precipitation sum in Richtersveld is at