Tzaneen climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Tzaneen?

Tzaneen has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 888 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Tzaneen between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2019, reaching 41.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Tzaneen?

The coldest day measured in Tzaneen between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 1964, at 1.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Tzaneen?

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

Q: Has the climate of Tzaneen warmed?

Yes: Tzaneen warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Tzaneen?

The wettest day measured in Tzaneen between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 1940, with 172 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Tzaneen?

The windiest day measured in Tzaneen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 32.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Tzaneen?

The warmest month in Tzaneen is January (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Tzaneen?

Tzaneen receives on average 888 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Tzaneen?

Tzaneen gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Tzaneen (South Africa) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 888 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 (22.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (14.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Tzaneen averages 0 frost days, 56 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.

Tzaneen has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.5 °C (on 28 October 2019) and the coldest 1.7 °C (on 30 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

TzaneenLimpopo

coords: -23.83°, 30.16°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

19.3°C

Average daily high

25.4°C

Average daily low

14.4°C

Annual rainfall

888mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

11.4km/h

Seasonal range

8.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

56 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

119 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.6 °C

Average feels-like low

14.3 °C

Average peak gust

28.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

26 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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

41.5 °C

28 October 2019

Coldest day

1.7 °C

30 June 1964

Wettest day

172 mm

20 December 1940

Windiest day

32.2 km/h

13 March 1941

Strongest gust

91.8 km/h

17 February 2017

Hottest feels-like

43.4 °C

26 February 1992

Coldest feels-like

-1.9 °C

30 June 1964

Sunniest day

13.5 h

17 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.1 °C26 October 2025	2.8 °C30 July 2025	20.1 °C	1,101 mm	67
2024	40.8 °C13 December 2024	4.0 °C7 July 2024	20.7 °C	626 mm	108
2023	38.2 °C29 November 2023	5.2 °C1 August 2023	20.3 °C	1,117 mm	93
2022	36.5 °C9 October 2022	5.2 °C2 June 2022	19.9 °C	827 mm	71
2021	37.5 °C2 November 2021	3.3 °C24 July 2021	19.5 °C	1,035 mm	67
2020	37.1 °C26 September 2020	2.6 °C16 July 2020	19.6 °C	916 mm	73
2019	41.5 °C28 October 2019	4.5 °C22 July 2019	20.5 °C	805 mm	94
2018	38.9 °C28 November 2018	5.9 °C7 June 2018	20.3 °C	642 mm	98
2017	35.8 °C16 October 2017	7.1 °C31 May 2017	19.6 °C	827 mm	68
2016	38.5 °C20 February 2016	5.3 °C6 August 2016	20.5 °C	631 mm	108
2015	38.2 °C26 November 2015	4.8 °C6 June 2015	20.5 °C	531 mm	94
2014	36.1 °C8 October 2014	3.3 °C7 June 2014	19.5 °C	1,006 mm	57
2013	37.5 °C27 September 2013	5.3 °C12 June 2013	19.1 °C	1,132 mm	61
2012	36.7 °C4 March 2012	3.9 °C12 June 2012	19.5 °C	734 mm	70
2011	37.3 °C23 October 2011	4.6 °C27 June 2011	19.3 °C	770 mm	49
2010	39.4 °C11 October 2010	2.9 °C18 June 2010	19.8 °C	1,038 mm	74
2009	37.5 °C8 October 2009	4.0 °C26 July 2009	19.3 °C	771 mm	61
2008	37.2 °C3 November 2008	5.7 °C15 July 2008	19.7 °C	732 mm	76
2007	35.8 °C23 March 2007	3.5 °C23 May 2007	19.4 °C	867 mm	82
2006	36.2 °C3 November 2006	5.0 °C5 June 2006	19.3 °C	961 mm	57
2005	36.2 °C7 March 2005	6.6 °C11 July 2005	20.3 °C	670 mm	94
2004	38.1 °C7 October 2004	4.6 °C16 July 2004	19.4 °C	853 mm	52
2003	36.8 °C12 December 2003	4.6 °C9 July 2003	19.9 °C	604 mm	87
2002	36.4 °C4 November 2002	5.4 °C12 July 2002	19.6 °C	406 mm	63
2001	37.4 °C11 September 2001	2.4 °C25 July 2001	19.1 °C	1,051 mm	37
2000	34.8 °C10 September 2000	4.0 °C18 July 2000	18.8 °C	1,569 mm	38
1999	35.7 °C25 September 1999	4.6 °C14 June 1999	19.1 °C	960 mm	35
1998	35.8 °C3 February 1998	5.6 °C16 July 1998	19.6 °C	1,154 mm	68
1997	36.5 °C9 November 1997	5.2 °C4 August 1997	19.0 °C	821 mm	46
1996	34.4 °C8 January 1996	3.5 °C3 July 1996	18.8 °C	1,302 mm	46
1995	38.6 °C12 October 1995	4.1 °C16 July 1995	19.7 °C	821 mm	69
1994	36.6 °C9 November 1994	1.8 °C13 July 1994	19.1 °C	494 mm	55
1993	36.1 °C18 December 1993	4.0 °C23 June 1993	19.7 °C	648 mm	49
1992	39.9 °C26 February 1992	3.2 °C6 July 1992	20.6 °C	688 mm	109
1991	34.9 °C30 October 1991	2.5 °C30 July 1991	19.5 °C	573 mm	73
1990	37.5 °C14 November 1990	3.5 °C16 August 1990	19.3 °C	850 mm	51
1989	37.9 °C20 December 1989	4.3 °C26 July 1989	19.4 °C	750 mm	48
1988	34.4 °C30 January 1988	4.5 °C13 June 1988	19.0 °C	942 mm	39
1987	35.8 °C20 February 1987	2.8 °C23 June 1987	19.7 °C	831 mm	75
1986	34.9 °C16 December 1986	4.2 °C2 July 1986	19.4 °C	592 mm	58
1985	34.1 °C2 March 1985	2.6 °C13 July 1985	19.0 °C	867 mm	36
1984	36.5 °C12 January 1984	4.9 °C20 June 1984	19.0 °C	993 mm	37
1983	36.0 °C11 January 1983	4.3 °C28 June 1983	19.8 °C	540 mm	70
1982	35.9 °C23 December 1982	3.5 °C17 June 1982	19.1 °C	601 mm	48
1981	35.6 °C8 November 1981	2.6 °C10 June 1981	18.4 °C	1,010 mm	33
1980	33.6 °C18 November 1980	2.1 °C30 June 1980	18.7 °C	1,147 mm	48
1979	36.2 °C2 October 1979	3.2 °C26 July 1979	18.8 °C	858 mm	48
1978	34.0 °C28 September 1978	3.7 °C14 June 1978	18.9 °C	1,074 mm	31
1977	37.0 °C22 January 1977	4.9 °C4 July 1977	19.4 °C	1,325 mm	59
1976	37.3 °C19 December 1976	4.5 °C13 August 1976	18.7 °C	976 mm	33
1975	35.4 °C20 October 1975	2.9 °C25 July 1975	18.5 °C	1,144 mm	37
1974	35.2 °C26 October 1974	5.0 °C30 July 1974	18.8 °C	933 mm	26
1973	34.6 °C22 September 1973	5.2 °C14 August 1973	18.8 °C	1,083 mm	55
1972	35.7 °C30 December 1972	4.3 °C3 August 1972	18.8 °C	1,140 mm	41
1971	34.9 °C11 January 1971	5.2 °C2 August 1971	18.9 °C	898 mm	34
1970	35.4 °C5 January 1970	5.7 °C26 July 1970	19.4 °C	682 mm	64
1969	34.8 °C8 February 1969	4.4 °C23 June 1969	19.0 °C	1,135 mm	52
1968	36.8 °C12 January 1968	2.7 °C16 June 1968	18.4 °C	894 mm	64
1967	35.5 °C16 November 1967	3.5 °C23 July 1967	18.9 °C	733 mm	42
1966	36.5 °C29 November 1966	4.5 °C24 August 1966	19.2 °C	920 mm	52
1965	35.9 °C25 February 1965	2.8 °C25 June 1965	19.0 °C	460 mm	51
1964	36.5 °C9 November 1964	1.7 °C30 June 1964	19.0 °C	844 mm	56
1963	35.3 °C21 December 1963	2.7 °C16 July 1963	18.9 °C	623 mm	46
1962	36.4 °C12 November 1962	4.6 °C2 August 1962	19.5 °C	778 mm	53
1961	36.2 °C27 October 1961	5.0 °C8 August 1961	19.0 °C	1,001 mm	52
1960	36.7 °C9 October 1960	3.7 °C26 July 1960	18.7 °C	832 mm	45
1959	37.1 °C31 October 1959	6.7 °C14 June 1959	19.0 °C	732 mm	54
1958	36.4 °C19 November 1958	5.0 °C14 July 1958	18.9 °C	1,230 mm	41
1957	35.8 °C21 December 1957	4.9 °C23 June 1957	19.0 °C	972 mm	33
1956	34.3 °C15 October 1956	5.3 °C24 July 1956	18.8 °C	1,024 mm	29
1955	34.8 °C9 October 1955	4.2 °C8 August 1955	17.9 °C	1,367 mm	23
1954	39.6 °C26 October 1954	5.2 °C23 July 1954	18.9 °C	727 mm	58
1953	37.2 °C16 October 1953	3.8 °C31 July 1953	18.9 °C	954 mm	36
1952	36.9 °C20 November 1952	5.7 °C20 June 1952	19.2 °C	876 mm	48
1951	37.8 °C25 November 1951	5.0 °C13 July 1951	19.5 °C	778 mm	77
1950	36.0 °C7 December 1950	6.0 °C7 August 1950	19.4 °C	715 mm	53
1949	34.1 °C30 October 1949	5.7 °C9 July 1949	18.4 °C	1,275 mm	28
1948	34.9 °C15 September 1948	6.6 °C5 July 1948	18.7 °C	1,052 mm	36
1947	36.9 °C30 October 1947	4.3 °C17 July 1947	18.7 °C	1,178 mm	40
1946	36.4 °C30 October 1946	5.0 °C1 July 1946	18.9 °C	946 mm	39
1945	37.0 °C7 November 1945	4.3 °C30 June 1945	18.6 °C	1,030 mm	29
1944	35.2 °C27 September 1944	5.6 °C18 May 1944	18.9 °C	1,110 mm	35
1943	36.3 °C10 October 1943	4.9 °C21 July 1943	18.4 °C	870 mm	23
1942	34.0 °C10 September 1942	5.1 °C27 July 1942	18.6 °C	1,192 mm	25
1941	39.2 °C11 October 1941	4.1 °C5 July 1941	20.1 °C	468 mm	95
1940	38.7 °C15 November 1940	4.0 °C10 July 1940	20.1 °C	699 mm	88

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.2 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

67 d/yr

+11

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1101 mm

+213 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.9 °C	+1.3 °C	294 mm	+142 mm
Feb	27.5 °C	0.0 °C	264 mm	+124 mm
Mar	27.7 °C	+0.9 °C	45 mm	-46 mm
Apr	25.5 °C	+0.2 °C	53 mm	0 mm
May	24.6 °C	+0.7 °C	18 mm	-5 mm
Jun	23.5 °C	+1.6 °C	7 mm	-4 mm
Jul	22.9 °C	+1.3 °C	11 mm	-0 mm
Aug	26.4 °C	+3.0 °C	6 mm	-12 mm
Sep	27.6 °C	+2.1 °C	35 mm	-1 mm
Oct	27.7 °C	+1.2 °C	67 mm	+2 mm
Nov	25.6 °C	-1.4 °C	126 mm	+10 mm
Dec	27.1 °C	-0.4 °C	175 mm	+4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.1 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest day

2.8 °C

30 Jul 2025

Wettest day

57.5 mm

12 Jan 2025

Windiest day

22.9 km/h

13 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

51.8 km/h

9 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.8 °C

15 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.1 °C

30 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

16 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Tzaneen?

Tzaneen has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 888 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tzaneen?

The hottest day measured in Tzaneen between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2019, reaching 41.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Tzaneen?

The coldest day measured in Tzaneen between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 1964, at 1.7 °C.

Does it snow in Tzaneen?

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

Has the climate of Tzaneen warmed?

Yes: Tzaneen warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Tzaneen?

The wettest day measured in Tzaneen between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 1940, with 172 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Tzaneen?

The windiest day measured in Tzaneen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 32.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Tzaneen?

The warmest month in Tzaneen is January (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Tzaneen?

Tzaneen receives on average 888 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Tzaneen?

Tzaneen gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Tzaneen?

Yes: Tzaneen has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tzaneen?

In Tzaneen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 26 February 1992, and the lowest was -1.9 °C on 30 June 1964.

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