Climate averages 1991–2020
Phalaborwa weather
in June.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Phalaborwa: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes June a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thohoyandou (130 km away). In June its highs average 21.8°C, 2.6°C cooler than Phalaborwa, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Phalaborwa ranks 1st of 95 for the warmest June highs and 2nd of 95 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Phalaborwa is 5.8°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.7 mm to 4.5 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
Phalaborwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 93 | 9.3 | 13.413 h |
| February | 30.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 69 | 8.0 | 12.913 h |
| March | 30.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 43 | 6.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.512 h |
| May | 26.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 8.9 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| June, selected | 24.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 3.7 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| July | 23.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 4.5 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| August | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 24 | 4.0 | 12.613 h |
| November | 30.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 62 | 7.9 | 13.313 h |
| December | 30.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 93 | 9.8 | 13.614 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
- Thohoyandou in JuneSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in JuneSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Polokwane in JuneSouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Mbombela in JuneSouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in JuneMozambique · 188 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Mokopane in JuneSouth Africa · 218 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Chibuto in JuneMozambique · 256 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Matola in JuneMozambique · 261 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 12 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 Phalaborwa) is explained once on the Phalaborwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.