Bela Bela climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bela Bela?

Bela Bela has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 632 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bela Bela?

The hottest day measured in Bela Bela between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 40.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bela Bela?

The coldest day measured in Bela Bela between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2024, at -1.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bela Bela?

Almost never: Bela Bela sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Bela Bela warmed?

Yes: Bela Bela warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bela Bela?

The wettest day measured in Bela Bela between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1956, with 92 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bela Bela?

The windiest day measured in Bela Bela between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1941, with winds reaching 38.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bela Bela?

The warmest month in Bela Bela is January (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is June (12.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bela Bela?

Bela Bela receives on average 632 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bela Bela?

Bela Bela gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bela Bela (South Africa) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 632 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is January (23.7 °C on average) and the coldest is June (12.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Bela Bela averages 0 frost days, 86 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 86 rainy days per year.

Bela Bela has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.5 °C (on 7 January 2016) and the coldest -1.9 °C (on 7 July 2024).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Bela BelaLimpopo

coords: -24.88°, 28.28°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJuneWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.4°C

Average daily high

26.3°C

Average daily low

13.7°C

Annual rainfall

632mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

14.0km/h

Seasonal range

11.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

86 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

86 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.4 °C

Average feels-like low

12.6 °C

Average peak gust

30.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

30 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

40.5 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest day

-1.9 °C

7 July 2024

Wettest day

92 mm

25 February 1956

Windiest day

38.4 km/h

23 September 1941

Strongest gust

80.6 km/h

28 September 2012

Hottest feels-like

40.5 °C

22 January 1973

Coldest feels-like

-5.9 °C

7 July 2024

Sunniest day

13.6 h

19 December 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	34.9 °C15 October 2025	1.4 °C30 July 2025	19.4 °C	999 mm	72	0
2024	38.7 °C6 March 2024	-1.9 °C7 July 2024	21.1 °C	358 mm	148	1
2023	37.7 °C27 October 2023	0.6 °C31 July 2023	20.3 °C	535 mm	137	0
2022	38.0 °C4 October 2022	0.6 °C17 June 2022	19.8 °C	676 mm	84	0
2021	35.9 °C16 October 2021	0.0 °C23 July 2021	19.6 °C	771 mm	87	0
2020	36.8 °C20 October 2020	-0.2 °C13 June 2020	19.6 °C	588 mm	97	1
2019	39.0 °C28 October 2019	2.8 °C4 July 2019	21.4 °C	483 mm	155	0
2018	37.6 °C19 September 2018	1.1 °C3 July 2018	20.7 °C	419 mm	130	0
2017	37.0 °C7 November 2017	3.2 °C9 June 2017	19.9 °C	692 mm	105	0
2016	40.5 °C7 January 2016	2.3 °C5 August 2016	20.9 °C	493 mm	143	0
2015	39.4 °C11 November 2015	2.3 °C2 August 2015	21.4 °C	290 mm	162	0
2014	37.0 °C9 October 2014	0.7 °C7 June 2014	19.6 °C	737 mm	88	0
2013	37.5 °C25 January 2013	4.1 °C19 June 2013	20.2 °C	503 mm	128	0
2012	36.1 °C23 February 2012	1.9 °C12 June 2012	19.7 °C	548 mm	108	0
2011	38.3 °C24 October 2011	1.7 °C28 June 2011	19.4 °C	629 mm	88	0
2010	37.6 °C13 February 2010	0.9 °C17 June 2010	20.0 °C	634 mm	113	0
2009	35.5 °C8 October 2009	1.4 °C24 July 2009	19.3 °C	699 mm	83	0
2008	37.1 °C3 November 2008	2.6 °C8 July 2008	19.5 °C	551 mm	90	0
2007	36.2 °C22 February 2007	1.4 °C23 May 2007	19.5 °C	473 mm	106	0
2006	36.1 °C25 October 2006	1.0 °C28 June 2006	18.9 °C	753 mm	54	0
2005	38.7 °C3 November 2005	3.6 °C11 July 2005	20.5 °C	485 mm	112	0
2004	36.8 °C15 January 2004	2.6 °C11 June 2004	19.2 °C	631 mm	78	0
2003	36.4 °C14 January 2003	0.9 °C21 August 2003	20.4 °C	419 mm	142	0
2002	36.6 °C17 November 2002	2.7 °C12 July 2002	19.8 °C	375 mm	103	0
2001	38.1 °C11 January 2001	0.7 °C25 July 2001	19.2 °C	642 mm	78	0
2000	34.2 °C17 October 2000	0.4 °C17 July 2000	18.2 °C	935 mm	46	0
1999	36.9 °C1 March 1999	4.1 °C8 June 1999	19.5 °C	541 mm	74	0
1998	37.1 °C4 February 1998	1.5 °C5 July 1998	19.8 °C	547 mm	104	0
1997	37.1 °C29 September 1997	2.4 °C30 May 1997	19.0 °C	653 mm	85	0
1996	35.6 °C3 November 1996	1.0 °C9 July 1996	19.0 °C	729 mm	73	0
1995	37.7 °C12 October 1995	1.1 °C17 June 1995	19.4 °C	670 mm	90	0
1994	34.9 °C9 November 1994	-0.8 °C12 July 1994	18.8 °C	419 mm	72	1
1993	37.9 °C31 October 1993	2.3 °C23 June 1993	20.0 °C	565 mm	89	0
1992	37.9 °C26 February 1992	0.0 °C26 June 1992	20.7 °C	409 mm	151	0
1991	34.9 °C8 October 1991	1.5 °C8 July 1991	19.2 °C	660 mm	79	0
1990	36.6 °C14 November 1990	1.6 °C23 June 1990	19.6 °C	430 mm	103	0
1989	36.1 °C1 November 1989	0.3 °C19 July 1989	19.4 °C	568 mm	71	0
1988	36.7 °C31 January 1988	1.4 °C9 June 1988	19.5 °C	584 mm	89	0
1987	36.4 °C4 November 1987	-0.3 °C22 July 1987	19.9 °C	644 mm	108	1
1986	34.4 °C14 January 1986	3.6 °C3 July 1986	19.8 °C	549 mm	97	0
1985	36.5 °C4 January 1985	0.5 °C13 July 1985	19.8 °C	631 mm	97	0
1984	37.4 °C29 December 1984	3.0 °C18 June 1984	19.9 °C	455 mm	105	0
1983	38.2 °C11 January 1983	1.7 °C26 June 1983	20.4 °C	581 mm	126	0
1982	36.4 °C28 December 1982	0.1 °C17 June 1982	19.6 °C	466 mm	100	0
1981	37.5 °C6 November 1981	1.3 °C17 June 1981	18.5 °C	657 mm	57	0
1980	35.3 °C16 October 1980	0.3 °C24 June 1980	18.5 °C	667 mm	48	0
1979	35.4 °C1 October 1979	-0.4 °C26 July 1979	19.2 °C	640 mm	92	1
1978	35.2 °C29 September 1978	0.5 °C14 June 1978	18.8 °C	695 mm	46	0
1977	36.1 °C15 January 1977	2.7 °C4 July 1977	19.0 °C	682 mm	81	0
1976	34.1 °C24 November 1976	0.4 °C21 June 1976	18.0 °C	728 mm	35	0
1975	34.8 °C16 October 1975	1.3 °C25 July 1975	18.3 °C	792 mm	47	0
1974	34.9 °C14 October 1974	1.3 °C1 August 1974	18.3 °C	774 mm	41	0
1973	38.1 °C23 January 1973	2.9 °C10 July 1973	19.3 °C	687 mm	99	0
1972	36.6 °C3 December 1972	-0.6 °C2 August 1972	19.2 °C	596 mm	87	1
1971	34.1 °C25 December 1971	2.5 °C17 July 1971	18.4 °C	741 mm	49	0
1970	36.7 °C14 December 1970	2.0 °C10 June 1970	19.8 °C	636 mm	105	0
1969	37.6 °C13 January 1969	1.9 °C18 June 1969	19.0 °C	819 mm	66	0
1968	37.1 °C5 January 1968	-0.8 °C15 June 1968	18.6 °C	561 mm	86	3
1967	34.1 °C8 January 1967	-0.1 °C12 June 1967	18.1 °C	743 mm	53	1
1966	36.0 °C29 November 1966	3.0 °C16 July 1966	19.1 °C	689 mm	70	0
1965	36.3 °C31 October 1965	0.3 °C24 June 1965	19.0 °C	284 mm	91	0
1964	36.1 °C29 February 1964	-0.3 °C26 June 1964	18.9 °C	697 mm	84	2
1963	37.1 °C29 December 1963	0.9 °C15 July 1963	18.8 °C	600 mm	83	0
1962	37.8 °C17 October 1962	2.4 °C14 June 1962	19.7 °C	728 mm	105	0
1961	37.5 °C24 October 1961	3.2 °C9 August 1961	19.1 °C	797 mm	73	0
1960	35.6 °C2 November 1960	1.9 °C25 July 1960	18.6 °C	751 mm	74	0
1959	36.3 °C17 October 1959	3.4 °C19 July 1959	18.7 °C	672 mm	71	0
1958	34.7 °C27 September 1958	3.1 °C14 June 1958	18.8 °C	1,105 mm	51	0
1957	35.2 °C21 December 1957	0.6 °C20 June 1957	18.9 °C	811 mm	42	0
1956	34.2 °C2 February 1956	1.3 °C11 June 1956	18.8 °C	816 mm	44	0
1955	34.2 °C9 October 1955	-0.1 °C30 June 1955	17.9 °C	729 mm	36	1
1954	37.3 °C19 February 1954	1.5 °C18 July 1954	20.2 °C	258 mm	143	0
1953	37.8 °C22 January 1953	1.1 °C29 June 1953	19.3 °C	635 mm	72	0
1952	38.2 °C20 November 1952	2.5 °C3 July 1952	19.4 °C	609 mm	86	0
1951	37.3 °C12 January 1951	2.2 °C13 June 1951	19.1 °C	781 mm	83	0
1950	36.2 °C30 December 1950	3.2 °C1 August 1950	19.2 °C	601 mm	74	0
1949	36.9 °C13 January 1949	3.4 °C9 June 1949	18.9 °C	646 mm	80	0
1948	35.6 °C24 November 1948	2.0 °C23 July 1948	18.4 °C	811 mm	56	0
1947	37.0 °C8 October 1947	2.2 °C12 July 1947	18.5 °C	910 mm	52	0
1946	36.5 °C29 October 1946	2.5 °C5 July 1946	18.6 °C	810 mm	55	0
1945	36.0 °C5 October 1945	0.9 °C30 June 1945	18.9 °C	662 mm	57	0
1944	36.7 °C26 September 1944	3.2 °C26 July 1944	18.6 °C	856 mm	39	0
1943	35.6 °C10 October 1943	2.0 °C21 July 1943	18.5 °C	710 mm	33	0
1942	34.7 °C23 October 1942	2.7 °C24 July 1942	18.6 °C	808 mm	37	0
1941	38.1 °C16 October 1941	2.5 °C30 June 1941	20.5 °C	339 mm	118	0
1940	37.8 °C14 November 1940	1.8 °C14 July 1940	20.2 °C	372 mm	116	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.1 °C

-0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

72 d/yr

-14

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

999 mm

+367 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.8 °C	-0.5 °C	227 mm	+120 mm
Feb	28.3 °C	-0.7 °C	204 mm	+114 mm
Mar	27.4 °C	-0.5 °C	66 mm	-9 mm
Apr	24.4 °C	-1.2 °C	85 mm	+37 mm
May	23.4 °C	0.0 °C	3 mm	-12 mm
Jun	21.8 °C	+1.0 °C	1 mm	-5 mm
Jul	21.8 °C	+0.9 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Aug	25.9 °C	+1.8 °C	30 mm	+25 mm
Sep	29.7 °C	+1.8 °C	27 mm	+9 mm
Oct	28.7 °C	-0.6 °C	61 mm	+8 mm
Nov	25.9 °C	-2.9 °C	184 mm	+87 mm
Dec	27.5 °C	-1.4 °C	112 mm	-5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.9 °C

15 Oct 2025

Coldest day

1.4 °C

30 Jul 2025

Wettest day

50.8 mm

16 Nov 2025

Windiest day

31.9 km/h

6 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

60.5 km/h

6 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.2 °C

23 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.5 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

16 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bela Bela?

Bela Bela has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 632 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bela Bela?

The hottest day measured in Bela Bela between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 40.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bela Bela?

The coldest day measured in Bela Bela between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2024, at -1.9 °C.

Does it snow in Bela Bela?

Almost never: Bela Bela sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Bela Bela warmed?

Yes: Bela Bela warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bela Bela?

The wettest day measured in Bela Bela between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1956, with 92 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bela Bela?

The windiest day measured in Bela Bela between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1941, with winds reaching 38.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bela Bela?

The warmest month in Bela Bela is January (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is June (12.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Bela Bela?

Bela Bela receives on average 632 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bela Bela?

Bela Bela gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bela Bela?

Yes: Bela Bela has on average 30 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bela Bela?

In Bela Bela, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.5 °C on 22 January 1973, and the lowest was -5.9 °C on 7 July 2024.

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