Dimbaza climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dimbaza?

Dimbaza has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 924 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Dimbaza between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1991, reaching 39.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dimbaza?

The coldest day measured in Dimbaza between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1990, at -2.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dimbaza?

Almost never: Dimbaza sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Dimbaza warmed?

Yes: Dimbaza warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dimbaza?

The wettest day measured in Dimbaza between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1998, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dimbaza?

The windiest day measured in Dimbaza between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1991, with winds reaching 53.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dimbaza?

The warmest month in Dimbaza is January (19.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (11.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dimbaza?

Dimbaza receives on average 924 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dimbaza?

Dimbaza gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dimbaza (South Africa) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 924 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 (19.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (11.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.

Dimbaza averages 1 frost days, 27 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.

Dimbaza has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 15 January 1991) and the coldest -2.1 °C (on 24 June 1990).

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

DimbazaEastern Cape

coords: -32.83°, 27.22°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthFebruaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

15.6°C

Average daily high

22.1°C

Average daily low

10.8°C

Annual rainfall

924mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

16.1km/h

Seasonal range

8.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

27 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

121 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.1 cm

Average feels-like high

21.7 °C

Average feels-like low

9.2 °C

Average peak gust

40.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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

39.6 °C

15 January 1991

Coldest day

-2.1 °C

24 June 1990

Wettest day

117 mm

2 March 1998

Windiest day

53.6 km/h

3 August 1991

Strongest gust

127.1 km/h

3 August 1991

Hottest feels-like

43.5 °C

15 January 1991

Coldest feels-like

-5.9 °C

10 July 1944

Snowiest day

7.5 cm

8 August 1992

Sunniest day

14.0 h

2 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.6 °C11 December 2025	0.5 °C8 July 2025	16.4 °C	880 mm	34	0
2024	38.2 °C15 December 2024	0.5 °C1 August 2024	16.7 °C	902 mm	46	0
2023	38.9 °C1 December 2023	0.6 °C6 July 2023	16.0 °C	1,046 mm	42	0
2022	35.4 °C13 October 2022	0.1 °C1 August 2022	16.2 °C	1,110 mm	33	0
2021	37.6 °C13 March 2021	-1.4 °C24 July 2021	16.0 °C	865 mm	28	3
2020	36.1 °C5 February 2020	-1.1 °C31 August 2020	16.2 °C	952 mm	35	3
2019	38.7 °C29 January 2019	-0.7 °C21 July 2019	16.8 °C	618 mm	42	1
2018	38.8 °C29 October 2018	-0.2 °C4 July 2018	16.0 °C	720 mm	42	1
2017	37.4 °C20 November 2017	-0.9 °C9 June 2017	15.8 °C	852 mm	37	1
2016	38.4 °C18 December 2016	0.1 °C7 July 2016	16.5 °C	651 mm	49	0
2015	38.1 °C28 December 2015	0.1 °C14 July 2015	15.9 °C	928 mm	29	0
2014	36.4 °C15 January 2014	-0.4 °C11 June 2014	16.0 °C	1,006 mm	24	2
2013	36.0 °C21 March 2013	0.4 °C10 June 2013	15.8 °C	716 mm	33	0
2012	37.2 °C30 January 2012	0.3 °C5 July 2012	15.7 °C	1,030 mm	33	0
2011	36.4 °C2 March 2011	1.7 °C22 July 2011	15.5 °C	1,176 mm	25	0
2010	37.5 °C15 February 2010	0.5 °C13 July 2010	16.4 °C	898 mm	43	0
2009	36.1 °C18 February 2009	1.1 °C29 June 2009	16.1 °C	776 mm	27	0
2008	36.8 °C3 March 2008	0.6 °C1 July 2008	15.9 °C	837 mm	32	0
2007	36.5 °C8 February 2007	2.7 °C5 August 2007	16.3 °C	766 mm	40	0
2006	35.9 °C14 January 2006	1.5 °C23 July 2006	15.7 °C	1,094 mm	27	0
2005	36.1 °C7 February 2005	0.4 °C11 June 2005	16.0 °C	903 mm	31	0
2004	38.6 °C17 November 2004	1.8 °C7 September 2004	16.4 °C	1,043 mm	32	0
2003	38.6 °C12 March 2003	1.0 °C12 July 2003	16.1 °C	731 mm	50	0
2002	35.6 °C5 January 2002	1.2 °C29 June 2002	16.0 °C	1,087 mm	38	0
2001	38.9 °C12 January 2001	1.4 °C7 July 2001	16.3 °C	1,115 mm	34	0
2000	33.2 °C27 December 2000	1.7 °C24 June 2000	15.7 °C	1,085 mm	23	0
1999	38.0 °C12 November 1999	1.9 °C19 July 1999	16.9 °C	889 mm	50	0
1998	36.5 °C4 January 1998	-1.2 °C9 June 1998	15.9 °C	1,061 mm	31	2
1997	37.6 °C4 October 1997	0.3 °C18 June 1997	15.5 °C	842 mm	34	0
1996	36.1 °C11 March 1996	-0.8 °C17 July 1996	15.4 °C	1,016 mm	23	1
1995	37.5 °C5 January 1995	0.4 °C7 June 1995	15.7 °C	941 mm	26	0
1994	39.0 °C8 December 1994	0.6 °C1 July 1994	15.9 °C	791 mm	34	0
1993	39.0 °C5 January 1993	2.3 °C18 June 1993	16.5 °C	844 mm	40	0
1992	36.7 °C11 February 1992	-0.6 °C10 August 1992	16.0 °C	712 mm	28	1
1991	39.6 °C15 January 1991	0.3 °C28 July 1991	16.2 °C	947 mm	39	0
1990	38.3 °C31 January 1990	-2.1 °C24 June 1990	15.6 °C	719 mm	31	2
1989	37.5 °C23 December 1989	0.6 °C7 July 1989	15.5 °C	1,167 mm	22	0
1988	33.6 °C1 January 1988	-0.1 °C14 July 1988	15.6 °C	1,312 mm	21	1
1987	36.5 °C8 February 1987	1.1 °C14 July 1987	16.0 °C	850 mm	20	0
1986	35.3 °C19 February 1986	0.6 °C16 July 1986	15.7 °C	1,104 mm	15	0
1985	36.6 °C3 January 1985	0.3 °C4 August 1985	16.3 °C	1,197 mm	31	0
1984	37.5 °C7 February 1984	0.1 °C26 August 1984	15.8 °C	714 mm	34	0
1983	37.3 °C7 March 1983	0.6 °C7 July 1983	16.5 °C	717 mm	46	0
1982	35.4 °C6 October 1982	-1.2 °C19 June 1982	15.7 °C	681 mm	31	1
1981	36.4 °C2 November 1981	-0.4 °C4 October 1981	15.1 °C	1,298 mm	19	1
1980	37.1 °C11 October 1980	0.4 °C3 July 1980	16.1 °C	708 mm	34	0
1979	39.5 °C15 January 1979	1.3 °C26 July 1979	15.7 °C	789 mm	32	0
1978	35.8 °C10 November 1978	1.4 °C5 August 1978	15.4 °C	898 mm	22	0
1977	36.4 °C11 February 1977	-0.8 °C27 June 1977	15.6 °C	981 mm	24	1
1976	33.0 °C24 December 1976	-0.1 °C30 July 1976	15.2 °C	1,321 mm	16	1
1975	34.7 °C29 October 1975	1.4 °C23 July 1975	15.3 °C	1,105 mm	9	0
1974	33.5 °C12 February 1974	0.3 °C31 August 1974	15.4 °C	1,261 mm	14	0
1973	35.4 °C17 February 1973	0.1 °C12 July 1973	15.5 °C	949 mm	19	0
1972	38.0 °C5 January 1972	1.7 °C5 September 1972	15.6 °C	863 mm	38	0
1971	33.5 °C13 February 1971	-0.9 °C18 June 1971	14.9 °C	1,122 mm	21	1
1970	37.6 °C4 January 1970	-1.3 °C23 July 1970	15.3 °C	800 mm	37	1
1969	34.8 °C13 February 1969	0.1 °C22 August 1969	15.2 °C	705 mm	35	0
1968	34.3 °C7 October 1968	-0.7 °C9 August 1968	14.2 °C	617 mm	18	2
1967	38.3 °C27 January 1967	0.5 °C13 June 1967	15.6 °C	1,023 mm	26	0
1966	39.3 °C28 December 1966	1.0 °C20 August 1966	15.7 °C	774 mm	32	0
1965	38.7 °C12 December 1965	0.2 °C25 June 1965	15.3 °C	932 mm	28	0
1964	35.2 °C26 December 1964	-1.2 °C27 June 1964	15.1 °C	823 mm	14	2
1963	36.8 °C28 December 1963	1.6 °C2 July 1963	15.6 °C	1,275 mm	23	0
1962	36.0 °C22 December 1962	-0.6 °C15 June 1962	15.7 °C	955 mm	22	1
1961	34.5 °C8 December 1961	1.1 °C7 August 1961	15.3 °C	992 mm	15	0
1960	34.9 °C1 November 1960	2.5 °C17 August 1960	15.4 °C	1,072 mm	28	0
1959	34.9 °C26 October 1959	0.8 °C14 September 1959	15.5 °C	920 mm	25	0
1958	35.6 °C7 October 1958	-0.6 °C10 August 1958	15.2 °C	881 mm	24	1
1957	35.1 °C27 December 1957	0.2 °C4 July 1957	15.4 °C	837 mm	12	0
1956	37.3 °C25 January 1956	-0.5 °C12 June 1956	14.4 °C	989 mm	18	1
1955	37.8 °C25 January 1955	0.1 °C8 August 1955	14.5 °C	780 mm	15	0
1954	33.7 °C11 October 1954	-0.7 °C17 July 1954	13.4 °C	527 mm	5	3
1953	33.7 °C23 September 1953	-1.0 °C3 July 1953	15.5 °C	686 mm	13	1
1952	38.8 °C20 October 1952	1.6 °C28 July 1952	15.4 °C	1,134 mm	14	0
1951	34.2 °C1 February 1951	-0.1 °C10 July 1951	15.2 °C	617 mm	18	1
1950	35.8 °C31 January 1950	0.8 °C28 July 1950	15.5 °C	866 mm	24	0
1949	34.2 °C16 January 1949	1.8 °C26 May 1949	15.4 °C	550 mm	21	0
1948	33.5 °C14 February 1948	-1.4 °C16 August 1948	14.3 °C	942 mm	11	1
1947	33.2 °C29 January 1947	-1.5 °C29 July 1947	13.8 °C	971 mm	4	3
1946	34.9 °C18 December 1946	-0.9 °C30 July 1946	14.7 °C	900 mm	10	1
1945	32.9 °C27 November 1945	-0.2 °C21 July 1945	14.9 °C	990 mm	13	1
1944	33.4 °C26 November 1944	-2.0 °C10 July 1944	14.1 °C	1,216 mm	4	2
1943	33.8 °C6 January 1943	-0.9 °C12 August 1943	14.6 °C	1,191 mm	8	2
1942	32.8 °C4 December 1942	0.7 °C27 June 1942	14.8 °C	892 mm	14	0
1941	37.7 °C4 January 1941	-0.4 °C30 June 1941	15.7 °C	1,085 mm	25	1
1940	35.7 °C3 February 1940	0.6 °C14 July 1940	15.4 °C	961 mm	21	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.0 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

34 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

880 mm

-44 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.3 °C	+0.7 °C	91 mm	-21 mm
Feb	25.4 °C	+0.1 °C	117 mm	-6 mm
Mar	25.7 °C	+1.3 °C	161 mm	+41 mm
Apr	21.7 °C	-0.5 °C	126 mm	+45 mm
May	22.2 °C	+1.7 °C	10 mm	-30 mm
Jun	19.3 °C	+0.7 °C	89 mm	+62 mm
Jul	19.2 °C	+0.4 °C	28 mm	+2 mm
Aug	20.4 °C	+0.7 °C	33 mm	-7 mm
Sep	20.8 °C	-0.1 °C	64 mm	+4 mm
Oct	23.3 °C	+1.7 °C	33 mm	-58 mm
Nov	25.3 °C	+2.4 °C	48 mm	-56 mm
Dec	26.7 °C	+2.1 °C	81 mm	-21 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.6 °C

11 Dec 2025

Coldest day

0.5 °C

8 Jul 2025

Wettest day

46.0 mm

9 Jun 2025

Windiest day

36.5 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

88.9 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.2 °C

16 Dec 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.4 °C

8 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

1 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dimbaza?

Dimbaza has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 924 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dimbaza?

The hottest day measured in Dimbaza between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1991, reaching 39.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dimbaza?

The coldest day measured in Dimbaza between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1990, at -2.1 °C.

Does it snow in Dimbaza?

Almost never: Dimbaza sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Dimbaza warmed?

Yes: Dimbaza warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dimbaza?

The wettest day measured in Dimbaza between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1998, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dimbaza?

The windiest day measured in Dimbaza between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1991, with winds reaching 53.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dimbaza?

The warmest month in Dimbaza is January (19.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (11.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Dimbaza?

Dimbaza receives on average 924 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dimbaza?

Dimbaza gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dimbaza?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dimbaza between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1992, with 7.5 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Dimbaza?

Yes: Dimbaza has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dimbaza?

In Dimbaza, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 15 January 1991, and the lowest was -5.9 °C on 10 July 1944.

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