Sabie climate — normals and trends
Sabie (South Africa) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 1,220 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 (18.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (10.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Sabie averages 1 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.
Sabie has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.2 °C (on 11 January 1983) and the coldest -2.1 °C (on 27 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
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- coords
- -25.10°, 30.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.4°C
Average daily high
22.0°C
Average daily low
10.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,220mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
10.0km/h
Seasonal range
8.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
144 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.2 cm
Average feels-like high
22.4 °C
Average feels-like low
9.9 °C
Average peak gust
31.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · p = < 0.001
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
34.2 °C
11 January 1983
Coldest day
-2.1 °C
27 June 1964
Wettest day
132 mm
23 February 2004
Windiest day
31.3 km/h
23 September 1941
Strongest gust
86.4 km/h
3 August 2006
Hottest feels-like
37.8 °C
7 January 2016
Coldest feels-like
-6.2 °C
27 June 1964
Snowiest day
2.6 cm
29 May 1997
Sunniest day
13.6 h
19 December 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 253 mm | +42 mm |
| Feb | 24.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 165 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 23.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 115 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 21.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 141 mm | +52 mm |
| May | 20.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 10 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 19.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 5 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 18.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 16 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 22.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 10 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 38 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 23.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 90 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 21.7 °C | -1.8 °C | 185 mm | +22 mm |
| Dec | 23.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 227 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sabie?
Sabie has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 1,220 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sabie?
The hottest day measured in Sabie between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1983, reaching 34.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sabie?
The coldest day measured in Sabie between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1964, at -2.1 °C.
Does it snow in Sabie?
Almost never: Sabie sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Sabie warmed?
Yes: Sabie warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sabie?
The wettest day measured in Sabie between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2004, with 132 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sabie?
The windiest day measured in Sabie between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1941, with winds reaching 31.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sabie?
The warmest month in Sabie is January (18.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Sabie?
Sabie receives on average 1,220 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sabie?
Sabie gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sabie?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sabie between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 1997, with 2.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sabie?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sabie.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sabie?
In Sabie, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.8 °C on 7 January 2016, and the lowest was -6.2 °C on 27 June 1964.
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