Giyani climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Giyani?

Giyani has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 567 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Giyani between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2019, reaching 46.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Giyani?

The coldest day measured in Giyani between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1964, at 2.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Giyani?

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

Q: Has the climate of Giyani warmed?

Yes: Giyani warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Giyani?

The wettest day measured in Giyani between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 2013, with 159 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Giyani?

The windiest day measured in Giyani between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 50.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Giyani?

The warmest month in Giyani is January (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Giyani?

Giyani receives on average 567 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Giyani?

Giyani gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Giyani (South Africa) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 567 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Giyani averages 0 frost days, 132 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.

Giyani has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.1 °C (on 28 October 2019) and the coldest 2.1 °C (on 28 June 1964).

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

GiyaniLimpopo

coords: -23.30°, 30.72°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.0°C

Average daily high

28.3°C

Average daily low

16.8°C

Annual rainfall

567mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

63%

Average peak wind

14.7km/h

Seasonal range

8.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

132 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

85 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.3 °C

Average feels-like low

16.7 °C

Average peak gust

30.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

109 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.16 · 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

46.1 °C

28 October 2019

Coldest day

2.1 °C

28 June 1964

Wettest day

159 mm

20 January 2013

Windiest day

50.3 km/h

13 March 1941

Strongest gust

86.8 km/h

28 January 1976

Hottest feels-like

46.9 °C

26 February 1992

Coldest feels-like

-1.5 °C

28 June 1964

Sunniest day

13.4 h

26 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.1 °C26 October 2025	3.9 °C30 July 2025	22.7 °C	774 mm	154
2024	44.1 °C13 December 2024	3.9 °C7 July 2024	23.5 °C	361 mm	195
2023	41.4 °C16 September 2023	6.8 °C18 July 2023	23.0 °C	737 mm	172
2022	40.2 °C25 December 2022	6.8 °C2 June 2022	22.8 °C	517 mm	176
2021	42.1 °C2 November 2021	6.1 °C24 July 2021	22.0 °C	669 mm	130
2020	41.8 °C8 November 2020	5.3 °C16 July 2020	22.5 °C	545 mm	150
2019	46.1 °C28 October 2019	7.0 °C22 July 2019	23.4 °C	536 mm	175
2018	42.5 °C27 December 2018	7.7 °C7 June 2018	23.0 °C	378 mm	173
2017	41.3 °C16 October 2017	8.1 °C3 June 2017	22.1 °C	518 mm	129
2016	41.7 °C20 February 2016	7.4 °C20 July 2016	23.3 °C	406 mm	172
2015	42.4 °C2 November 2015	6.9 °C19 June 2015	23.4 °C	292 mm	193
2014	39.1 °C10 November 2014	4.5 °C11 July 2014	21.9 °C	703 mm	122
2013	41.6 °C27 September 2013	6.9 °C12 June 2013	21.7 °C	852 mm	126
2012	40.1 °C23 February 2012	6.0 °C12 June 2012	22.2 °C	498 mm	155
2011	39.3 °C23 October 2011	5.4 °C27 June 2011	21.8 °C	447 mm	128
2010	42.3 °C11 October 2010	4.7 °C17 June 2010	22.3 °C	671 mm	144
2009	40.6 °C8 October 2009	5.7 °C26 July 2009	22.0 °C	469 mm	137
2008	40.4 °C3 November 2008	6.7 °C15 July 2008	22.4 °C	432 mm	150
2007	39.1 °C23 September 2007	4.6 °C23 May 2007	22.1 °C	557 mm	148
2006	40.5 °C19 December 2006	6.4 °C6 August 2006	22.2 °C	619 mm	137
2005	40.2 °C3 November 2005	8.7 °C11 July 2005	23.4 °C	363 mm	181
2004	41.3 °C7 October 2004	5.8 °C16 July 2004	22.3 °C	527 mm	140
2003	39.8 °C9 December 2003	7.0 °C16 July 2003	22.7 °C	468 mm	164
2002	40.7 °C4 November 2002	6.5 °C12 July 2002	22.3 °C	226 mm	149
2001	39.8 °C11 September 2001	5.8 °C25 July 2001	21.5 °C	701 mm	96
2000	37.1 °C19 October 2000	4.7 °C17 July 2000	20.8 °C	1,086 mm	86
1999	39.5 °C18 November 1999	6.7 °C8 June 1999	21.5 °C	710 mm	78
1998	38.8 °C18 March 1998	7.6 °C16 July 1998	22.3 °C	678 mm	150
1997	40.0 °C9 November 1997	6.7 °C3 June 1997	21.6 °C	509 mm	125
1996	38.9 °C8 January 1996	3.6 °C3 July 1996	21.3 °C	866 mm	109
1995	41.2 °C12 October 1995	5.1 °C16 July 1995	22.4 °C	449 mm	147
1994	40.3 °C22 December 1994	2.2 °C13 July 1994	21.8 °C	263 mm	132
1993	40.5 °C31 October 1993	5.9 °C23 June 1993	22.3 °C	487 mm	136
1992	43.3 °C26 February 1992	5.2 °C6 July 1992	23.3 °C	432 mm	190
1991	39.3 °C3 March 1991	4.8 °C30 July 1991	22.5 °C	376 mm	157
1990	40.7 °C14 November 1990	6.0 °C16 August 1990	22.1 °C	426 mm	134
1989	39.8 °C20 December 1989	6.4 °C25 July 1989	22.2 °C	389 mm	139
1988	37.3 °C24 December 1988	5.2 °C11 June 1988	21.6 °C	560 mm	121
1987	38.3 °C15 March 1987	4.4 °C23 June 1987	22.3 °C	594 mm	160
1986	38.0 °C15 November 1986	5.7 °C2 July 1986	22.2 °C	382 mm	151
1985	38.9 °C30 December 1985	4.6 °C13 July 1985	21.8 °C	583 mm	133
1984	40.6 °C12 January 1984	6.8 °C20 June 1984	21.8 °C	609 mm	127
1983	40.3 °C11 January 1983	6.4 °C12 August 1983	23.1 °C	288 mm	179
1982	40.1 °C23 December 1982	5.7 °C16 July 1982	22.0 °C	353 mm	138
1981	40.5 °C8 November 1981	3.5 °C10 June 1981	20.8 °C	736 mm	90
1980	39.8 °C4 January 1980	3.2 °C12 July 1980	21.2 °C	649 mm	110
1979	41.4 °C2 October 1979	4.7 °C26 July 1979	21.4 °C	466 mm	127
1978	36.8 °C28 September 1978	5.2 °C27 June 1978	21.1 °C	779 mm	90
1977	39.0 °C22 January 1977	5.5 °C4 July 1977	21.8 °C	930 mm	120
1976	41.9 °C24 November 1976	6.4 °C5 August 1976	21.2 °C	644 mm	100
1975	38.7 °C20 October 1975	4.6 °C25 July 1975	20.9 °C	869 mm	102
1974	39.2 °C5 November 1974	6.8 °C28 July 1974	21.3 °C	649 mm	106
1973	38.9 °C14 September 1973	7.0 °C13 August 1973	21.5 °C	728 mm	117
1972	39.6 °C30 December 1972	5.3 °C3 August 1972	21.1 °C	781 mm	97
1971	37.8 °C11 January 1971	7.1 °C2 August 1971	21.9 °C	468 mm	145
1970	40.6 °C14 December 1970	7.2 °C26 July 1970	22.5 °C	431 mm	163
1969	39.7 °C8 February 1969	5.2 °C24 July 1969	21.6 °C	774 mm	121
1968	40.7 °C12 January 1968	2.3 °C16 June 1968	21.2 °C	542 mm	122
1967	37.9 °C16 November 1967	4.4 °C23 July 1967	21.4 °C	410 mm	101
1966	40.8 °C29 November 1966	6.2 °C23 August 1966	21.9 °C	655 mm	124
1965	38.4 °C23 December 1965	3.5 °C25 June 1965	21.9 °C	243 mm	135
1964	40.2 °C9 November 1964	2.1 °C28 June 1964	21.8 °C	540 mm	135
1963	38.8 °C10 December 1963	3.7 °C16 July 1963	21.5 °C	461 mm	122
1962	40.9 °C12 November 1962	6.4 °C12 July 1962	22.5 °C	538 mm	145
1961	38.9 °C27 October 1961	7.2 °C9 July 1961	21.8 °C	673 mm	131
1960	41.2 °C9 October 1960	6.3 °C28 July 1960	21.5 °C	457 mm	130
1959	41.7 °C31 October 1959	8.3 °C22 July 1959	21.9 °C	441 mm	138
1958	40.7 °C19 November 1958	6.8 °C21 June 1958	21.8 °C	821 mm	113
1957	40.5 °C21 December 1957	7.1 °C23 June 1957	22.3 °C	586 mm	149
1956	38.7 °C15 October 1956	6.9 °C12 June 1956	21.4 °C	647 mm	99
1955	39.1 °C11 November 1955	5.5 °C9 August 1955	20.4 °C	784 mm	56
1954	42.9 °C26 October 1954	7.0 °C23 July 1954	21.9 °C	491 mm	134
1953	40.5 °C16 October 1953	6.0 °C23 July 1953	21.9 °C	625 mm	109
1952	40.4 °C20 November 1952	7.2 °C21 June 1952	22.1 °C	575 mm	130
1951	41.7 °C26 November 1951	6.6 °C20 July 1951	22.8 °C	369 mm	164
1950	40.0 °C7 December 1950	7.0 °C28 May 1950	22.3 °C	429 mm	127
1949	37.4 °C29 November 1949	7.3 °C19 July 1949	20.9 °C	797 mm	90
1948	39.0 °C15 September 1948	8.6 °C7 June 1948	21.4 °C	638 mm	79
1947	41.2 °C30 October 1947	6.6 °C31 July 1947	21.8 °C	663 mm	109
1946	41.2 °C30 October 1946	7.3 °C17 August 1946	21.7 °C	607 mm	109
1945	40.2 °C7 November 1945	5.8 °C27 June 1945	21.6 °C	606 mm	94
1944	39.3 °C27 September 1944	7.7 °C18 May 1944	21.9 °C	645 mm	126
1943	39.7 °C10 October 1943	6.9 °C21 July 1943	21.0 °C	525 mm	74
1942	36.8 °C10 September 1942	8.1 °C10 July 1942	21.5 °C	865 mm	103
1941	42.1 °C11 October 1941	6.5 °C5 July 1941	23.0 °C	344 mm	182
1940	42.1 °C15 November 1940	6.3 °C15 July 1940	23.5 °C	548 mm	180

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.0 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

154 d/yr

+22

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

774 mm

+207 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.3 °C	+0.8 °C	220 mm	+115 mm
Feb	29.9 °C	-0.4 °C	211 mm	+110 mm
Mar	30.0 °C	+0.4 °C	24 mm	-34 mm
Apr	28.4 °C	+0.3 °C	26 mm	-3 mm
May	27.3 °C	+0.7 °C	4 mm	-9 mm
Jun	26.3 °C	+1.8 °C	2 mm	-5 mm
Jul	25.3 °C	+1.1 °C	9 mm	+2 mm
Aug	29.2 °C	+2.9 °C	2 mm	-6 mm
Sep	30.6 °C	+1.9 °C	12 mm	-7 mm
Oct	30.9 °C	+1.1 °C	33 mm	-1 mm
Nov	28.9 °C	-1.3 °C	79 mm	+6 mm
Dec	29.5 °C	-1.0 °C	153 mm	+40 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.1 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest day

3.9 °C

30 Jul 2025

Wettest day

60.1 mm

10 Feb 2025

Windiest day

33.2 km/h

13 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

57.2 km/h

13 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.6 °C

13 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.2 °C

30 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.4 h

26 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Giyani?

Giyani has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 567 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Giyani?

The hottest day measured in Giyani between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2019, reaching 46.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Giyani?

The coldest day measured in Giyani between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1964, at 2.1 °C.

Does it snow in Giyani?

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

Has the climate of Giyani warmed?

Yes: Giyani warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Giyani?

The wettest day measured in Giyani between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 2013, with 159 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Giyani?

The windiest day measured in Giyani between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 50.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Giyani?

The warmest month in Giyani is January (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Giyani?

Giyani receives on average 567 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Giyani?

Giyani gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Giyani?

Yes: Giyani has on average 109 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Giyani?

In Giyani, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.9 °C on 26 February 1992, and the lowest was -1.5 °C on 28 June 1964.

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