Kraaifontein climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kraaifontein?

Kraaifontein has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 608 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kraaifontein between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 2015, reaching 41.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kraaifontein?

The coldest day measured in Kraaifontein between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1975, at -2.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kraaifontein?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kraaifontein warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Kraaifontein?

The wettest day measured in Kraaifontein between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1994, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kraaifontein?

The windiest day measured in Kraaifontein between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1943, with winds reaching 56.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kraaifontein?

The warmest month in Kraaifontein is February (21.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kraaifontein?

Kraaifontein receives on average 608 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 76 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kraaifontein?

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

Kraaifontein (South Africa) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 608 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 February (21.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (10.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Kraaifontein averages 1 frost days, 41 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 76 rainy days per year.

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

The number of frost days there went from about 1 to 1 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.2 °C (on 3 March 2015) and the coldest -2.0 °C (on 2 August 1975).

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

KraaifonteinWestern Cape

coords: -33.85°, 18.72°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsbWarm-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthJuneDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

16.0°C

Average daily high

22.3°C

Average daily low

11.1°C

Annual rainfall

608mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

16.9km/h

Seasonal range

11.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

41 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

76 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

21.9 °C

Average feels-like low

9.6 °C

Average peak gust

39.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

3 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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

41.2 °C

3 March 2015

Coldest day

-2.0 °C

2 August 1975

Wettest day

76 mm

23 July 1994

Windiest day

56.4 km/h

2 December 1943

Strongest gust

135.0 km/h

16 May 1984

Hottest feels-like

43.1 °C

23 January 1979

Coldest feels-like

-6.5 °C

5 August 1943

Snowiest day

0.7 cm

20 August 2003

Sunniest day

14.1 h

10 December 2017

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.0 °C19 March 2025	1.2 °C12 July 2025	17.0 °C	496 mm	63	0
2024	39.0 °C28 February 2024	0.5 °C29 August 2024	16.9 °C	813 mm	45	0
2023	36.6 °C11 February 2023	-0.1 °C25 July 2023	16.4 °C	808 mm	45	1
2022	39.1 °C22 January 2022	0.5 °C21 July 2022	17.0 °C	489 mm	60	0
2021	37.6 °C28 February 2021	0.8 °C29 August 2021	16.6 °C	694 mm	41	0
2020	38.0 °C25 February 2020	0.9 °C16 July 2020	16.6 °C	641 mm	45	0
2019	37.9 °C14 February 2019	-0.1 °C16 June 2019	16.9 °C	527 mm	41	1
2018	37.4 °C11 January 2018	0.1 °C18 August 2018	16.9 °C	644 mm	60	0
2017	38.4 °C21 March 2017	0.9 °C27 July 2017	16.8 °C	449 mm	70	0
2016	38.4 °C17 January 2016	-1.3 °C3 July 2016	17.1 °C	576 mm	62	2
2015	41.2 °C3 March 2015	-0.6 °C15 July 2015	17.0 °C	440 mm	44	1
2014	38.4 °C16 February 2014	-0.5 °C7 July 2014	16.7 °C	707 mm	41	1
2013	38.6 °C4 March 2013	1.5 °C23 August 2013	16.2 °C	979 mm	45	0
2012	37.8 °C16 January 2012	0.6 °C5 July 2012	16.3 °C	724 mm	51	0
2011	38.7 °C5 January 2011	1.0 °C6 August 2011	16.3 °C	624 mm	49	0
2010	40.3 °C7 March 2010	0.9 °C7 July 2010	16.3 °C	602 mm	43	0
2009	38.3 °C5 March 2009	1.8 °C25 July 2009	16.5 °C	762 mm	37	0
2008	37.9 °C7 December 2008	1.6 °C13 July 2008	16.3 °C	844 mm	42	0
2007	39.1 °C25 January 2007	1.3 °C3 July 2007	16.2 °C	774 mm	38	0
2006	37.6 °C6 March 2006	2.0 °C9 August 2006	16.4 °C	584 mm	41	0
2005	37.1 °C6 February 2005	0.9 °C28 June 2005	16.4 °C	679 mm	51	0
2004	39.3 °C4 January 2004	-0.1 °C28 June 2004	16.6 °C	594 mm	38	1
2003	39.3 °C10 February 2003	0.2 °C21 August 2003	16.2 °C	515 mm	42	0
2002	37.5 °C6 December 2002	0.2 °C31 July 2002	16.1 °C	727 mm	46	0
2001	37.3 °C28 February 2001	1.6 °C6 July 2001	16.5 °C	867 mm	45	0
2000	40.3 °C19 January 2000	1.7 °C16 July 2000	16.8 °C	503 mm	39	0
1999	37.5 °C27 December 1999	1.6 °C24 July 1999	17.2 °C	581 mm	67	0
1998	39.2 °C3 January 1998	0.6 °C23 July 1998	16.1 °C	621 mm	40	0
1997	34.2 °C5 January 1997	0.1 °C19 June 1997	15.9 °C	496 mm	37	0
1996	37.0 °C5 February 1996	-0.7 °C17 July 1996	15.3 °C	968 mm	39	2
1995	38.4 °C4 February 1995	0.0 °C23 July 1995	16.0 °C	634 mm	46	0
1994	38.5 °C25 February 1994	0.9 °C28 July 1994	16.4 °C	676 mm	56	0
1993	39.9 °C4 January 1993	0.4 °C19 July 1993	16.5 °C	744 mm	48	0
1992	38.0 °C4 January 1992	0.6 °C30 July 1992	15.7 °C	794 mm	32	0
1991	36.8 °C29 March 1991	0.1 °C19 August 1991	16.1 °C	822 mm	33	0
1990	36.1 °C27 December 1990	-0.4 °C24 June 1990	16.1 °C	694 mm	56	1
1989	36.2 °C7 February 1989	-1.6 °C17 August 1989	15.9 °C	767 mm	34	2
1988	37.7 °C10 February 1988	-1.8 °C17 June 1988	16.1 °C	631 mm	38	1
1987	34.0 °C7 February 1987	1.4 °C7 June 1987	15.9 °C	799 mm	18	0
1986	37.1 °C18 January 1986	-0.2 °C3 July 1986	16.3 °C	777 mm	39	1
1985	38.3 °C19 November 1985	1.3 °C7 July 1985	16.4 °C	774 mm	45	0
1984	36.8 °C16 March 1984	0.9 °C26 August 1984	16.2 °C	770 mm	51	0
1983	34.5 °C16 February 1983	-0.3 °C18 July 1983	15.7 °C	804 mm	37	1
1982	35.5 °C27 January 1982	-0.1 °C7 June 1982	15.6 °C	596 mm	25	1
1981	36.9 °C6 March 1981	-0.2 °C16 June 1981	15.9 °C	664 mm	36	1
1980	37.1 °C4 February 1980	-0.2 °C2 July 1980	16.2 °C	658 mm	38	1
1979	40.5 °C23 January 1979	0.8 °C25 July 1979	16.0 °C	602 mm	34	0
1978	36.7 °C22 January 1978	1.1 °C21 June 1978	16.1 °C	514 mm	52	0
1977	37.7 °C26 February 1977	0.6 °C27 June 1977	16.1 °C	968 mm	38	0
1976	37.2 °C30 January 1976	-0.3 °C16 July 1976	15.9 °C	774 mm	36	1
1975	39.9 °C17 February 1975	-2.0 °C2 August 1975	15.9 °C	632 mm	52	1
1974	38.1 °C11 February 1974	0.2 °C8 September 1974	16.2 °C	732 mm	52	0
1973	35.2 °C8 February 1973	0.7 °C28 July 1973	16.2 °C	534 mm	51	0
1972	39.9 °C12 November 1972	0.2 °C26 June 1972	16.2 °C	429 mm	50	0
1971	37.2 °C23 February 1971	0.1 °C17 June 1971	15.4 °C	499 mm	34	0
1970	36.2 °C13 March 1970	-1.7 °C23 July 1970	15.3 °C	593 mm	38	3
1969	38.8 °C22 March 1969	-0.8 °C20 July 1969	15.3 °C	611 mm	24	1
1968	37.5 °C5 February 1968	-1.0 °C9 August 1968	15.0 °C	732 mm	25	1
1967	35.8 °C11 February 1967	-0.4 °C1 August 1967	15.4 °C	497 mm	40	3
1966	39.1 °C29 January 1966	0.8 °C7 July 1966	15.4 °C	447 mm	38	0
1965	37.5 °C27 January 1965	-1.0 °C20 June 1965	14.9 °C	610 mm	23	2
1964	36.3 °C9 March 1964	-1.0 °C26 June 1964	15.1 °C	554 mm	27	2
1963	37.4 °C1 January 1963	0.9 °C13 July 1963	16.2 °C	555 mm	41	0
1962	37.1 °C2 January 1962	0.5 °C14 June 1962	15.3 °C	690 mm	28	0
1961	35.8 °C24 January 1961	-0.5 °C6 August 1961	15.4 °C	588 mm	34	1
1960	39.1 °C13 December 1960	0.6 °C19 July 1960	15.6 °C	449 mm	38	0
1959	37.3 °C4 February 1959	0.5 °C26 July 1959	15.3 °C	469 mm	29	0
1958	35.9 °C26 December 1958	0.9 °C30 August 1958	15.3 °C	447 mm	29	0
1957	35.0 °C26 December 1957	-0.9 °C3 August 1957	14.9 °C	748 mm	25	1
1956	38.1 °C5 January 1956	0.4 °C11 June 1956	15.3 °C	542 mm	49	0
1955	38.4 °C17 January 1955	-0.6 °C7 August 1955	15.2 °C	506 mm	44	2
1954	35.5 °C27 January 1954	-0.3 °C19 June 1954	15.0 °C	651 mm	44	2
1953	36.6 °C11 December 1953	-0.7 °C14 August 1953	16.3 °C	254 mm	40	1
1952	38.9 °C14 February 1952	1.1 °C23 June 1952	15.9 °C	433 mm	33	0
1951	38.6 °C31 January 1951	1.2 °C26 July 1951	15.7 °C	381 mm	19	0
1950	35.7 °C5 January 1950	1.3 °C28 July 1950	16.3 °C	278 mm	40	0
1949	38.3 °C15 March 1949	1.7 °C29 July 1949	16.3 °C	284 mm	47	0
1948	39.8 °C18 January 1948	-1.7 °C16 August 1948	15.5 °C	355 mm	39	3
1947	34.2 °C2 March 1947	0.3 °C29 July 1947	15.2 °C	335 mm	25	0
1946	37.6 °C14 December 1946	-1.5 °C29 July 1946	15.9 °C	308 mm	49	2
1945	39.5 °C28 January 1945	1.1 °C19 July 1945	16.3 °C	345 mm	58	0
1944	37.0 °C14 January 1944	-0.6 °C13 June 1944	15.2 °C	544 mm	21	1
1943	36.0 °C18 December 1943	-0.9 °C21 July 1943	15.3 °C	497 mm	32	3
1942	36.8 °C14 March 1942	-0.7 °C5 August 1942	15.6 °C	467 mm	42	2
1941	38.6 °C30 January 1941	2.0 °C5 September 1941	15.8 °C	496 mm	39	0
1940	38.7 °C2 February 1940	2.3 °C3 August 1940	15.7 °C	557 mm	41	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.5 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

63 d/yr

+22

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

496 mm

-112 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.5 °C	-0.7 °C	7 mm	-10 mm
Feb	29.0 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-16 mm
Mar	28.0 °C	+1.0 °C	17 mm	-4 mm
Apr	25.4 °C	+1.8 °C	35 mm	-9 mm
May	21.2 °C	+1.5 °C	76 mm	-5 mm
Jun	17.0 °C	-0.1 °C	118 mm	+9 mm
Jul	16.1 °C	-0.1 °C	108 mm	+15 mm
Aug	16.8 °C	+0.1 °C	84 mm	-2 mm
Sep	20.5 °C	+1.9 °C	19 mm	-35 mm
Oct	22.8 °C	+1.2 °C	20 mm	-18 mm
Nov	28.6 °C	+4.3 °C	3 mm	-24 mm
Dec	29.1 °C	+2.6 °C	9 mm	-13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.0 °C

19 Mar 2025

Coldest day

1.2 °C

12 Jul 2025

Wettest day

36.1 mm

25 Jun 2025

Windiest day

31.2 km/h

28 May 2025

Strongest gust

74.5 km/h

9 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.3 °C

28 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.1 °C

12 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

14.1 h

19 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kraaifontein?

Kraaifontein has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 608 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kraaifontein?

The hottest day measured in Kraaifontein between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 2015, reaching 41.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kraaifontein?

The coldest day measured in Kraaifontein between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1975, at -2.0 °C.

Does it snow in Kraaifontein?

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

Has the climate of Kraaifontein warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Kraaifontein?

The wettest day measured in Kraaifontein between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1994, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kraaifontein?

The windiest day measured in Kraaifontein between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1943, with winds reaching 56.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kraaifontein?

The warmest month in Kraaifontein is February (21.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Kraaifontein?

Kraaifontein receives on average 608 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 76 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kraaifontein?

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

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kraaifontein?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kraaifontein between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 2003, with 0.7 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Kraaifontein?

Yes: Kraaifontein has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kraaifontein?

In Kraaifontein, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 23 January 1979, and the lowest was -6.5 °C on 5 August 1943.

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