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East London, South Africa climate

Cfb Oceanic / temperate

East London has a mildly seasonal mild-temperate climate (Oceanic / temperate, Köppen Cfb). The hottest month is February with an average daily high near 22°C, while the coldest is August averaging around 8°C at night. Precipitation is fairly even year-round, totalling about 2016 mm.

☀️ Summers

Mild

Highs near 22°C in February.

About 3 days a year above 32 °C

❄️ Winters

Cool

Lows near 8°C in August.

🌧️ Rain

Very wet

About 2016 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in November

⛅ Sky & trend

Partly cloudy

A roughly even mix of sun and cloud.

−3.9 °C vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

East London climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	22	22	21	20	18	17	16	16	16	17	19	21
Avg temp (°C)	18	18	17	16	14	13	12	12	12	14	15	17
Avg low (°C)	14	15	14	12	10	9	8	8	9	10	12	13
Precipitation (mm)	147	122	176	199	171	173	161	155	169	184	202	157

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	22	22	21	20	18	17
Avg temp (°C)	18	18	17	16	14	13
Avg low (°C)	14	15	14	12	10	9
Precipitation (mm)	147	122	176	199	171	173

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	17	19	21
Avg temp (°C)	12	12	12	14	15	17
Avg low (°C)	8	8	9	10	12	13
Precipitation (mm)	161	155	169	184	202	157

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	15	15	17	17	18	17	18	19	18	18	17	16
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	0.0	0.1	0.2	—	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	15	15	17	17	18	17
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.2
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	0.0	0.1	0.2	—	0.0	0.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	18	19	18	18	17	16
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	—

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	59	59	56	54	48	42	41	46	53	61	61	59
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	6	6	8	9	10	12	13	12	9	6	5	6
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	13	11	11	11	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	13
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	12	11	12	11	8	6	6	8	10	14	13	12
Relative humidity (%)	81	81	80	77	72	68	68	72	75	78	79	81
Wind speed (m/s)	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	5.0	5.0	5.3	5.4	5.6	5.3	5.1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	59	59	56	54	48	42
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	6	6	8	9	10	12
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	13	11	11	11	13	12
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	12	11	12	11	8	6
Relative humidity (%)	81	81	80	77	72	68
Wind speed (m/s)	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	5.0

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	41	46	53	61	61	59
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	13	12	9	6	5	6
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	12	11	11	11	12	13
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	6	8	10	14	13	12
Relative humidity (%)	68	72	75	78	79	81
Wind speed (m/s)	5.0	5.3	5.4	5.6	5.3	5.1

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at East London, a weather station, about 8 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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