Average annual temperature is 18.4 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 39.0 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 4.0 °C
Number of sunny days: 169 days
Number of rainy days: 196 days
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* Weather data for Pietermaritzburg 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) | 37.2 | 34.9 | 34.8 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 27.1 | 29.4 | 32.2 | 37.7 | 35.8 | 39.0 | 34.5 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | 29.6 | 27.2 | 27.6 | 26.7 | 22.6 | 21.4 | 21.8 | 23.9 | 26.7 | 23.7 | 28.1 | 25.5 |
| Average temperature (°C) | 23.0 | 22.0 | 21.6 | 19.3 | 16.1 | 13.9 | 13.4 | 15.0 | 17.9 | 17.7 | 21.2 | 20.6 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | 17.5 | 18.2 | 17.2 | 13.6 | 11.0 | 8.1 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 15.7 | 16.4 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | 10.8 | 15.8 | 11.9 | 8.3 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 11.1 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight maximum duration (h) | 14.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 13.8 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 |
| Daylight minimum duration (h) | 13.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Sunshine mean duration (h) | 10.0 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 7.0 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 83 | 252 | 52 | 38 | 88 | 7 | 21 | 15 | 24 | 127 | 42 | 163 |
| Sunny days | 12 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 5 |
| Rainy days | 19 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 26 |
| Snow days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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