Climate averages 1991–2020
Pietermaritzburg weather
in June.
A mild, fairly dry month: one of the coolest 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 mild month in Pietermaritzburg: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes June a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 17 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mpumalanga (32 km away). In June its highs average 20.7°C, about as warm as Pietermaritzburg, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Pietermaritzburg ranks joint 13th of 95 for the warmest June highs and 71st of 95 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Pietermaritzburg is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs stay level at 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 28 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
Pietermaritzburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 134 | 18.0 | 13.814 h |
| February | 26.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 113 | 15.0 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 96 | 14.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 58 | 9.7 | 11.411 h |
| May | 22.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 29 | 5.1 | 10.711 h |
| June, selected | 20.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 20 | 3.4 | 10.310 h |
| July | 20.7°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 28 | 3.8 | 10.410 h |
| August | 22.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 32 | 5.9 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 56 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 92 | 15.4 | 12.813 h |
| November | 24.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 116 | 17.2 | 13.614 h |
| December | 25.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 129 | 19.2 | 14.014 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
- Mpumalanga in JuneSouth Africa · 32 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Pinetown in JuneSouth Africa · 53 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Ntuzuma in JuneSouth Africa · 55 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Durban in JuneSouth Africa · 67 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 28 mm rain
- KwaDukuza in JuneSouth Africa · 93 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Ladysmith in JuneSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in JuneSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Richards Bay in JuneSouth Africa · 185 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 39 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 Pietermaritzburg) is explained once on the Pietermaritzburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.