Climate averages 1991–2020
Richards Bay weather
in June.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th 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 warm month in Richards Bay: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 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 20 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is KwaDukuza (95 km away). In June its highs average 22.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Richards Bay, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Richards Bay ranks 2nd of 95 for the warmest June highs and joint 87th of 95 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Richards Bay is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 47 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
Richards Bay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 108 | 13.5 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 95 | 11.9 | 13.113 h |
| March | 28.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 97 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 26.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 79 | 10.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 24.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 56 | 7.6 | 10.711 h |
| June, selected | 23.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 39 | 6.6 | 10.310 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 6.9 | 10.510 h |
| August | 23.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 39 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 54 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 79 | 12.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 93 | 13.2 | 13.514 h |
| December | 27.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 86 | 11.7 | 13.914 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
- KwaDukuza in JuneSouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Ntuzuma in JuneSouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Durban in JuneSouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Pinetown in JuneSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Vryheid in JuneSouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 5.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in JuneSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in JuneSouth Africa · 185 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in JuneSouth Africa · 189 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 11 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 Richards Bay) is explained once on the Richards Bay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.