Climate averages 1991–2020
Queenstown weather
in June.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Queenstown: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes June a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhisho (118 km away). In June its highs average 19.9°C, 2.3°C warmer than Queenstown, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Queenstown ranks joint 53rd of 95 for the warmest June highs and joint 56th of 95 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Queenstown is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 17.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 13 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
Queenstown climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 100 | 13.9 | 14.014 h |
| February | 27.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 98 | 13.4 | 13.213 h |
| March | 26.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 78 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 47 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| May | 20.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 14 | 3.4 | 10.511 h |
| June, selected | 17.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 12 | 2.4 | 10.110 h |
| July | 17.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 13 | 2.3 | 10.310 h |
| August | 19.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 21 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| September | 23.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 33 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 55 | 10.1 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 72 | 11.8 | 13.714 h |
| December | 27.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 91 | 13.7 | 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
- Bhisho in JuneSouth Africa · 118 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 7.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Qonce in JuneSouth Africa · 120 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Mdantsane in JuneSouth Africa · 143 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 25 mm rain
- East London in JuneSouth Africa · 158 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Grahamstown in JuneSouth Africa · 160 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 7.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Mthatha in JuneSouth Africa · 184 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 7.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Motherwell in JuneSouth Africa · 243 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Kariega in JuneSouth Africa · 248 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 23 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 Queenstown) is explained once on the Queenstown year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.