Climate averages 1991–2020
Mthatha weather
in June.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd 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 Mthatha: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes June a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 07 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mdantsane (177 km away). In June its highs average 20.9°C, 1.1°C warmer than Mthatha, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mthatha ranks 24th of 95 for the warmest June highs and joint 77th of 95 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Mthatha is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 22 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
Mthatha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 145 | 18.7 | 13.914 h |
| February | 25.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 131 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| March | 24.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 120 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 76 | 9.8 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 27 | 5.0 | 10.511 h |
| June, selected | 19.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 24 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| July | 20.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 22 | 3.2 | 10.310 h |
| August | 21.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.011 h |
| September | 22.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 56 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 96 | 14.9 | 12.813 h |
| November | 22.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 129 | 16.4 | 13.714 h |
| December | 24.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 140 | 18.5 | 14.214 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 · 177 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 25 mm rain
- East London in JuneSouth Africa · 179 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Queenstown in JuneSouth Africa · 184 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 4.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Bhisho in JuneSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 7.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Qonce in JuneSouth Africa · 194 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in JuneSouth Africa · 265 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in JuneSouth Africa · 268 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Pinetown in JuneSouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 28 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 Mthatha) is explained once on the Mthatha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.