Mbombela climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mbombela?

Mbombela has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.1 °C and it receives 928 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mbombela between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1992, reaching 39.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mbombela?

The coldest day measured in Mbombela between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1964, at -1.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mbombela?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mbombela warmed?

Yes: Mbombela warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mbombela?

The wettest day measured in Mbombela between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1942, with 184 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mbombela?

The windiest day measured in Mbombela between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1941, with winds reaching 30.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mbombela?

The warmest month in Mbombela is January (21.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mbombela?

Mbombela receives on average 928 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mbombela?

Mbombela gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mbombela (South Africa) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.1 °C and it receives 928 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 (21.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (12.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Mbombela averages 0 frost days, 42 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.

Mbombela has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 26 February 1992) and the coldest -1.1 °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

MbombelaMpumalanga

coords: -25.48°, 30.97°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

18.1°C

Average daily high

24.7°C

Average daily low

13.1°C

Annual rainfall

928mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

10.3km/h

Seasonal range

9.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

42 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

132 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.0 °C

Average feels-like low

13.0 °C

Average peak gust

29.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

7 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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

39.5 °C

26 February 1992

Coldest day

-1.1 °C

28 June 1964

Wettest day

184 mm

11 December 1942

Windiest day

30.1 km/h

23 September 1941

Strongest gust

79.9 km/h

29 January 1984

Hottest feels-like

42.9 °C

26 February 1992

Coldest feels-like

-4.5 °C

27 June 1964

Sunniest day

13.6 h

2 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	35.0 °C3 September 2025	0.6 °C29 July 2025	18.8 °C	1,008 mm	37	0
2024	37.8 °C13 December 2024	1.6 °C7 July 2024	19.3 °C	850 mm	72	0
2023	35.6 °C16 September 2023	3.7 °C31 July 2023	18.8 °C	1,023 mm	50	0
2022	36.3 °C9 October 2022	0.8 °C17 June 2022	18.7 °C	1,039 mm	45	0
2021	35.6 °C23 October 2021	1.2 °C24 July 2021	18.3 °C	994 mm	38	0
2020	36.4 °C8 November 2020	0.6 °C14 June 2020	18.5 °C	910 mm	48	0
2019	37.7 °C28 October 2019	2.3 °C22 July 2019	19.3 °C	771 mm	65	0
2018	36.1 °C19 September 2018	4.1 °C6 June 2018	18.6 °C	671 mm	55	0
2017	35.6 °C25 October 2017	3.8 °C21 August 2017	18.4 °C	988 mm	43	0
2016	38.0 °C20 February 2016	3.4 °C11 August 2016	19.3 °C	648 mm	80	0
2015	37.2 °C2 December 2015	3.0 °C19 June 2015	19.5 °C	544 mm	83	0
2014	35.5 °C8 October 2014	1.4 °C11 July 2014	18.3 °C	842 mm	43	0
2013	37.0 °C12 October 2013	3.2 °C11 June 2013	17.9 °C	1,058 mm	31	0
2012	35.8 °C4 October 2012	2.7 °C13 August 2012	18.4 °C	790 mm	45	0
2011	38.3 °C23 October 2011	3.6 °C27 June 2011	18.2 °C	778 mm	38	0
2010	37.0 °C11 October 2010	1.9 °C17 June 2010	18.5 °C	1,101 mm	47	0
2009	34.6 °C7 October 2009	2.5 °C26 July 2009	18.2 °C	938 mm	48	0
2008	35.9 °C2 October 2008	4.3 °C8 July 2008	18.3 °C	812 mm	47	0
2007	34.9 °C22 September 2007	2.5 °C24 May 2007	18.3 °C	740 mm	50	0
2006	34.1 °C4 December 2006	3.0 °C28 June 2006	18.0 °C	1,136 mm	34	0
2005	36.0 °C16 November 2005	4.5 °C11 July 2005	18.8 °C	845 mm	45	0
2004	38.3 °C7 October 2004	2.7 °C12 June 2004	18.3 °C	1,127 mm	35	0
2003	36.9 °C9 December 2003	2.1 °C22 August 2003	18.9 °C	623 mm	80	0
2002	34.8 °C18 October 2002	2.9 °C12 July 2002	18.2 °C	627 mm	40	0
2001	35.5 °C10 September 2001	2.2 °C25 July 2001	18.2 °C	1,076 mm	34	0
2000	34.6 °C10 September 2000	1.4 °C17 July 2000	17.8 °C	1,573 mm	22	0
1999	33.9 °C25 September 1999	3.7 °C10 June 1999	18.2 °C	877 mm	32	0
1998	35.7 °C5 April 1998	3.6 °C5 July 1998	18.5 °C	1,096 mm	53	0
1997	34.9 °C21 November 1997	1.6 °C30 May 1997	17.8 °C	1,032 mm	40	0
1996	34.4 °C1 October 1996	2.5 °C9 July 1996	17.8 °C	1,075 mm	35	0
1995	37.1 °C12 October 1995	2.3 °C24 June 1995	17.9 °C	841 mm	40	0
1994	35.8 °C28 September 1994	0.0 °C12 July 1994	17.7 °C	583 mm	43	0
1993	36.0 °C2 December 1993	1.7 °C23 June 1993	18.3 °C	740 mm	35	0
1992	39.5 °C26 February 1992	1.4 °C27 June 1992	19.1 °C	618 mm	96	0
1991	34.2 °C16 September 1991	0.7 °C30 July 1991	18.0 °C	926 mm	47	0
1990	35.9 °C5 November 1990	0.9 °C2 July 1990	17.8 °C	890 mm	40	0
1989	36.0 °C20 December 1989	2.1 °C26 July 1989	18.0 °C	954 mm	32	0
1988	35.4 °C30 September 1988	2.2 °C11 June 1988	18.0 °C	919 mm	42	0
1987	33.6 °C19 February 1987	1.7 °C23 June 1987	18.4 °C	866 mm	59	0
1986	33.5 °C24 December 1986	3.4 °C22 July 1986	18.1 °C	784 mm	40	0
1985	33.4 °C11 September 1985	2.8 °C18 July 1985	18.1 °C	858 mm	39	0
1984	35.5 °C8 February 1984	3.0 °C18 June 1984	17.7 °C	1,052 mm	30	0
1983	37.9 °C11 January 1983	2.7 °C27 June 1983	18.4 °C	746 mm	58	0
1982	35.9 °C27 December 1982	0.9 °C17 June 1982	18.0 °C	612 mm	43	0
1981	36.1 °C5 November 1981	1.2 °C10 July 1981	17.4 °C	963 mm	28	0
1980	34.7 °C1 January 1980	0.2 °C12 July 1980	17.5 °C	984 mm	33	0
1979	36.6 °C1 October 1979	0.7 °C5 July 1979	17.9 °C	821 mm	41	0
1978	32.9 °C28 September 1978	2.4 °C28 June 1978	18.0 °C	1,102 mm	35	0
1977	35.1 °C22 January 1977	1.9 °C4 July 1977	18.2 °C	1,213 mm	45	0
1976	35.8 °C24 November 1976	1.8 °C21 June 1976	17.6 °C	1,039 mm	27	0
1975	34.8 °C23 September 1975	-0.1 °C25 July 1975	17.5 °C	1,180 mm	25	1
1974	33.7 °C31 December 1974	3.1 °C30 July 1974	17.7 °C	988 mm	24	0
1973	34.9 °C21 September 1973	2.6 °C12 August 1973	17.8 °C	1,226 mm	46	0
1972	35.8 °C30 December 1972	1.6 °C29 June 1972	17.7 °C	1,000 mm	32	0
1971	35.8 °C11 January 1971	2.8 °C2 August 1971	17.6 °C	1,118 mm	22	0
1970	33.9 °C19 November 1970	2.8 °C25 July 1970	18.3 °C	769 mm	57	0
1969	34.8 °C16 October 1969	0.9 °C24 July 1969	17.9 °C	1,158 mm	46	0
1968	35.3 °C15 October 1968	1.0 °C16 June 1968	17.1 °C	863 mm	41	0
1967	35.1 °C8 January 1967	1.5 °C13 June 1967	17.5 °C	1,026 mm	26	0
1966	33.6 °C14 November 1966	2.7 °C27 July 1966	17.9 °C	777 mm	42	0
1965	34.5 °C23 December 1965	0.7 °C26 June 1965	17.5 °C	704 mm	34	0
1964	34.1 °C1 October 1964	-1.1 °C28 June 1964	17.4 °C	1,098 mm	38	3
1963	34.9 °C29 December 1963	2.0 °C15 July 1963	17.9 °C	740 mm	41	0
1962	36.8 °C17 October 1962	3.2 °C13 July 1962	18.2 °C	1,057 mm	45	0
1961	33.8 °C27 October 1961	3.6 °C8 August 1961	18.2 °C	873 mm	52	0
1960	35.1 °C5 November 1960	2.5 °C25 July 1960	17.8 °C	989 mm	47	0
1959	36.0 °C31 October 1959	3.8 °C22 June 1959	18.1 °C	810 mm	62	0
1958	36.0 °C25 September 1958	1.9 °C17 June 1958	18.3 °C	1,071 mm	40	0
1957	34.8 °C17 November 1957	3.1 °C4 August 1957	18.1 °C	1,101 mm	28	0
1956	35.3 °C5 October 1956	2.4 °C12 June 1956	17.8 °C	896 mm	31	0
1955	34.9 °C11 November 1955	1.5 °C30 June 1955	16.8 °C	1,080 mm	15	0
1954	37.9 °C26 October 1954	2.7 °C27 July 1954	17.0 °C	698 mm	37	0
1953	37.8 °C16 October 1953	1.3 °C31 July 1953	18.1 °C	769 mm	36	0
1952	34.7 °C24 October 1952	3.1 °C3 July 1952	18.1 °C	1,028 mm	38	0
1951	37.6 °C25 November 1951	2.5 °C23 June 1951	18.2 °C	733 mm	54	0
1950	35.5 °C14 October 1950	3.3 °C7 August 1950	18.1 °C	908 mm	40	0
1949	34.3 °C28 November 1949	3.7 °C7 June 1949	17.3 °C	1,143 mm	19	0
1948	34.6 °C5 October 1948	4.0 °C5 August 1948	17.6 °C	1,261 mm	30	0
1947	37.2 °C7 October 1947	1.8 °C17 July 1947	17.6 °C	1,082 mm	41	0
1946	34.9 °C28 October 1946	2.0 °C15 August 1946	17.8 °C	1,027 mm	35	0
1945	33.9 °C26 October 1945	2.1 °C2 July 1945	17.6 °C	940 mm	28	0
1944	34.4 °C12 December 1944	3.2 °C18 May 1944	17.5 °C	1,135 mm	25	0
1943	35.3 °C10 October 1943	2.0 °C21 July 1943	17.2 °C	958 mm	15	0
1942	35.2 °C10 September 1942	2.4 °C26 July 1942	17.4 °C	1,238 mm	14	0
1941	37.9 °C8 October 1941	2.0 °C23 June 1941	18.9 °C	508 mm	89	0
1940	37.7 °C15 November 1940	1.9 °C15 July 1940	18.7 °C	751 mm	67	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.9 °C

+0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

37 d/yr

-5

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1008 mm

+80 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.9 °C	+0.9 °C	215 mm	+59 mm
Feb	26.9 °C	0.0 °C	139 mm	-5 mm
Mar	26.8 °C	+0.5 °C	82 mm	-23 mm
Apr	23.9 °C	-0.7 °C	99 mm	+36 mm
May	23.7 °C	+0.6 °C	10 mm	-13 mm
Jun	22.2 °C	+1.0 °C	3 mm	-8 mm
Jul	21.7 °C	+0.6 °C	15 mm	+3 mm
Aug	24.8 °C	+2.0 °C	6 mm	-13 mm
Sep	25.7 °C	+0.9 °C	43 mm	+6 mm
Oct	25.2 °C	-0.2 °C	68 mm	-6 mm
Nov	24.4 °C	-1.6 °C	124 mm	+5 mm
Dec	26.0 °C	-0.7 °C	204 mm	+39 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.0 °C

3 Sep 2025

Coldest day

0.6 °C

29 Jul 2025

Wettest day

46.4 mm

13 Jan 2025

Windiest day

22.6 km/h

10 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

61.2 km/h

10 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.3 °C

15 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.2 °C

29 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.6 h

23 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mbombela?

Mbombela has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.1 °C and it receives 928 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mbombela?

The hottest day measured in Mbombela between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1992, reaching 39.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mbombela?

The coldest day measured in Mbombela between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1964, at -1.1 °C.

Does it snow in Mbombela?

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

Has the climate of Mbombela warmed?

Yes: Mbombela warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mbombela?

The wettest day measured in Mbombela between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1942, with 184 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mbombela?

The windiest day measured in Mbombela between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1941, with winds reaching 30.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mbombela?

The warmest month in Mbombela is January (21.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Mbombela?

Mbombela receives on average 928 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mbombela?

Mbombela gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mbombela?

Yes: Mbombela has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mbombela?

In Mbombela, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.9 °C on 26 February 1992, and the lowest was -4.5 °C on 27 June 1964.

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