South Africa Weather

South Africa safaris are available year-round. Game viewing in the north is best enjoyed during the dry winter from May through August, when temperatures are mild, vegetation is sparse and animals gather at water sources. Though most of the country experiences dry conditions during the winter, Cape Town and the surrounding areas are rainy from May through August. Peak travel in the country's southern regions is during the summer months from October to March. Whales can be seen along Cape Town's coastline from July through November.

Cape Town, South Africa
Temperature (Fahrenheit)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
High	77	78	76	72	67	64	62	63	65	69	72	75
Low	63	63	60	56	52	48	47	48	51	54	58	61
Temperature (Celsius)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
High	25	25	24	22	19	17	16	17	18	20	22	23
Low	17	17	15	13	11	8	8	8	10	12	14	16
Precipitation Days
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days	6	5	6	9	12	13	14	13	11	9	7	7
Morning Humidity
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Percent	83	86	88	90	90	88	89	89	88	85	84	85
Evening Humidity
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Percent	60	60	63	67	69	70	70	67	65	63	61	60

Johannesburg, South Africa
Temperature (Fahrenheit)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
High	77	75	74	69	66	60	61	65	71	73	74	76
Low	60	59	58	53	48	42	42	46	51	54	56	59
Temperature (Celsius)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
High	25	23	23	20	18	15	16	18	21	22	23	24
Low	15	15	14	11	8	5	5	7	10	12	13	15
Precipitation
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Inches	4.9	3.8	3.3	2.1	0.7	0.3	0	0	1.1	2.9	4.7	4.3
Centimeters	12.0	9.0	8.0	5.0	1.0	0.6	0	0	2.0	7.0	11.0	10.0
Morning Humidity
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Percent	85	88	85	80	70	70	68	66	68	77	82	84
Evening Humidity
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Percent	52	54	53	47	38	38	34	32	34	42	49	51

Stellenbosch, South Africa
Temperature (Fahrenheit)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
High	80	82	80	73	66	62	60	62	66	71	77	78
Low	57	57	55	51	48	44	42	44	44	48	51	55
Temperature (Celsius)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
High	27	28	27	23	19	17	16	17	19	22	25	26
Low	14	14	13	11	9	7	6	7	7	9	11	13
Precipitation
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Inches	0.9	0.9	1.2	3.2	5.6	6.6	5.6	5.0	3.2	2.2	1.4	1.0
Centimeters	2.2	2.4	2.9	8.1	14.1	16.7	14.3	12.7	8.1	5.5	3.6	2.5

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