Climate averages 1991–2020
East London weather
in June.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in East London: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes June a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 01 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mdantsane (16 km away). In June its highs average 20.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than East London, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, East London ranks 8th of 95 for the warmest June highs and 85th of 95 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; East London is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
June in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
East London climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 81 | 11.6 | 14.114 h |
| February | 26.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 84 | 10.9 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 90 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 85 | 9.6 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 34 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| June, selected | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 34 | 4.5 | 10.010 h |
| July | 21.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 38 | 5.1 | 10.210 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 47 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 57 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 77 | 11.3 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 84 | 11.6 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 83 | 12.5 | 14.314 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
June in nearby cities
- Mdantsane in JuneSouth Africa · 16 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Bhisho in JuneSouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 7.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Qonce in JuneSouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Grahamstown in JuneSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 7.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Queenstown in JuneSouth Africa · 158 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 4.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Mthatha in JuneSouth Africa · 179 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 7.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Motherwell in JuneSouth Africa · 233 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Gqeberha in JuneSouth Africa · 238 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 41 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for East London) is explained once on the East London year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.