Uitenhage climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Uitenhage?

Uitenhage has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.8 °C and it receives 457 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Uitenhage between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1972, reaching 42.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Uitenhage?

The coldest day measured in Uitenhage between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1948, at 2.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Uitenhage?

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

Q: Has the climate of Uitenhage warmed?

Yes: Uitenhage warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Uitenhage?

The wettest day measured in Uitenhage between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1983, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Uitenhage?

The windiest day measured in Uitenhage between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1944, with winds reaching 56.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Uitenhage?

The warmest month in Uitenhage is January (21.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (13.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Uitenhage?

Uitenhage receives on average 457 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Uitenhage?

Uitenhage gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Uitenhage (South Africa) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.8 °C and it receives 457 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 (21.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (13.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Uitenhage averages 0 frost days, 34 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 81 rainy days per year.

Uitenhage has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.6 °C (on 5 January 1972) and the coldest 2.5 °C (on 16 August 1948).

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

UitenhageEastern Cape

coords: -33.76°, 25.40°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BSkCold semi-aridWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthMarchDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

17.8°C

Average daily high

23.7°C

Average daily low

13.5°C

Annual rainfall

457mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

20.7km/h

Seasonal range

8.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

34 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

81 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

23.1 °C

Average feels-like low

12.4 °C

Average peak gust

41.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

13 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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

42.6 °C

5 January 1972

Coldest day

2.5 °C

16 August 1948

Wettest day

76 mm

25 July 1983

Windiest day

56.2 km/h

26 February 1944

Strongest gust

97.2 km/h

3 August 1991

Hottest feels-like

46.1 °C

5 January 1972

Coldest feels-like

-1.5 °C

24 July 1970

Sunniest day

14.0 h

27 December 1990

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.4 °C23 October 2025	4.8 °C16 July 2025	18.9 °C	326 mm	50
2024	39.6 °C5 October 2024	4.2 °C10 September 2024	18.5 °C	534 mm	41
2023	39.8 °C1 December 2023	3.7 °C25 July 2023	18.0 °C	563 mm	36
2022	38.6 °C9 December 2022	4.9 °C1 August 2022	18.5 °C	479 mm	46
2021	38.4 °C13 March 2021	3.3 °C15 July 2021	18.1 °C	372 mm	41
2020	41.5 °C4 March 2020	3.3 °C16 July 2020	18.3 °C	367 mm	41
2019	39.1 °C21 January 2019	3.6 °C21 July 2019	18.6 °C	286 mm	40
2018	39.3 °C29 October 2018	3.5 °C4 July 2018	18.1 °C	379 mm	39
2017	40.0 °C28 February 2017	3.3 °C9 June 2017	18.1 °C	356 mm	46
2016	40.8 °C5 March 2016	3.0 °C3 July 2016	18.6 °C	342 mm	53
2015	40.6 °C4 March 2015	4.9 °C27 July 2015	18.0 °C	475 mm	39
2014	39.9 °C22 March 2014	4.4 °C11 June 2014	18.2 °C	530 mm	40
2013	36.1 °C25 November 2013	4.5 °C10 June 2013	17.7 °C	419 mm	33
2012	38.6 °C27 December 2012	3.7 °C5 July 2012	17.4 °C	638 mm	33
2011	38.9 °C10 October 2011	5.0 °C28 June 2011	17.5 °C	639 mm	31
2010	40.0 °C6 January 2010	3.7 °C13 July 2010	18.1 °C	389 mm	41
2009	37.7 °C4 April 2009	4.2 °C30 June 2009	18.0 °C	319 mm	32
2008	41.9 °C3 March 2008	4.0 °C17 July 2008	17.8 °C	381 mm	34
2007	37.2 °C24 February 2007	5.3 °C14 June 2007	18.1 °C	438 mm	39
2006	38.6 °C6 April 2006	5.2 °C22 July 2006	17.9 °C	567 mm	38
2005	37.4 °C2 November 2005	5.0 °C11 June 2005	18.2 °C	442 mm	34
2004	38.1 °C12 December 2004	5.7 °C7 July 2004	18.6 °C	469 mm	54
2003	39.3 °C7 April 2003	3.3 °C6 July 2003	18.0 °C	399 mm	47
2002	38.8 °C3 April 2002	5.3 °C3 June 2002	18.2 °C	426 mm	61
2001	40.5 °C14 March 2001	5.6 °C7 July 2001	18.2 °C	584 mm	38
2000	37.8 °C23 September 2000	5.0 °C24 June 2000	18.2 °C	525 mm	41
1999	37.3 °C9 October 1999	4.7 °C24 July 1999	18.8 °C	485 mm	55
1998	37.9 °C13 November 1998	3.2 °C9 June 1998	18.0 °C	399 mm	38
1997	38.2 °C6 February 1997	4.8 °C18 June 1997	17.9 °C	324 mm	33
1996	38.6 °C22 January 1996	4.0 °C1 August 1996	17.5 °C	718 mm	29
1995	38.0 °C27 February 1995	4.6 °C25 July 1995	17.5 °C	536 mm	24
1994	37.3 °C26 September 1994	4.3 °C29 July 1994	17.9 °C	471 mm	37
1993	39.5 °C8 November 1993	5.6 °C5 June 1993	18.4 °C	529 mm	40
1992	36.9 °C6 October 1992	4.3 °C27 June 1992	18.1 °C	482 mm	42
1991	40.3 °C7 March 1991	3.9 °C28 July 1991	18.3 °C	384 mm	47
1990	40.1 °C2 February 1990	2.8 °C22 July 1990	17.7 °C	356 mm	44
1989	38.6 °C30 January 1989	4.6 °C7 July 1989	17.9 °C	535 mm	36
1988	36.3 °C25 March 1988	4.2 °C14 July 1988	18.0 °C	498 mm	37
1987	41.8 °C8 February 1987	4.8 °C21 June 1987	18.3 °C	371 mm	35
1986	38.9 °C25 January 1986	4.1 °C4 July 1986	18.1 °C	531 mm	26
1985	39.5 °C11 October 1985	4.4 °C4 August 1985	18.3 °C	524 mm	38
1984	37.8 °C1 December 1984	4.5 °C10 July 1984	17.9 °C	296 mm	37
1983	36.4 °C18 January 1983	3.9 °C18 July 1983	18.0 °C	484 mm	34
1982	37.7 °C15 December 1982	2.5 °C19 June 1982	17.7 °C	358 mm	32
1981	37.1 °C13 October 1981	2.5 °C21 July 1981	17.3 °C	706 mm	26
1980	37.9 °C26 February 1980	5.4 °C17 July 1980	18.1 °C	334 mm	33
1979	39.0 °C24 January 1979	4.4 °C26 July 1979	17.6 °C	477 mm	29
1978	35.5 °C10 November 1978	5.7 °C14 June 1978	17.6 °C	386 mm	28
1977	38.8 °C27 February 1977	4.3 °C5 August 1977	17.9 °C	566 mm	30
1976	37.2 °C9 January 1976	4.3 °C17 July 1976	17.7 °C	573 mm	37
1975	37.5 °C18 February 1975	3.8 °C3 August 1975	17.6 °C	454 mm	37
1974	36.8 °C4 January 1974	4.4 °C31 August 1974	17.5 °C	800 mm	33
1973	38.4 °C4 October 1973	4.3 °C12 August 1973	17.7 °C	385 mm	35
1972	42.6 °C5 January 1972	5.0 °C26 June 1972	17.9 °C	368 mm	46
1971	38.6 °C19 February 1971	3.1 °C18 June 1971	17.1 °C	589 mm	36
1970	37.6 °C17 September 1970	2.7 °C24 July 1970	17.4 °C	302 mm	35
1969	40.0 °C6 October 1969	3.5 °C22 August 1969	17.6 °C	315 mm	46
1968	37.6 °C7 October 1968	3.4 °C10 August 1968	16.9 °C	283 mm	31
1967	38.6 °C13 February 1967	4.0 °C2 July 1967	17.9 °C	386 mm	48
1966	41.8 °C30 January 1966	4.6 °C22 July 1966	17.9 °C	362 mm	43
1965	40.8 °C11 March 1965	4.5 °C21 June 1965	17.4 °C	398 mm	43
1964	38.6 °C31 December 1964	3.3 °C27 June 1964	17.6 °C	375 mm	40
1963	40.8 °C2 January 1963	5.8 °C27 July 1963	17.7 °C	628 mm	37
1962	36.2 °C4 March 1962	3.9 °C15 June 1962	17.7 °C	388 mm	32
1961	36.6 °C2 January 1961	4.4 °C6 July 1961	17.5 °C	469 mm	27
1960	40.8 °C1 March 1960	4.6 °C4 July 1960	17.6 °C	367 mm	31
1959	39.0 °C16 March 1959	4.6 °C14 September 1959	17.4 °C	492 mm	29
1958	39.4 °C7 October 1958	3.8 °C10 August 1958	17.5 °C	376 mm	37
1957	36.2 °C27 December 1957	3.8 °C3 July 1957	17.5 °C	386 mm	31
1956	39.1 °C15 January 1956	4.2 °C12 June 1956	16.6 °C	394 mm	14
1955	38.0 °C21 March 1955	4.5 °C25 July 1955	16.9 °C	381 mm	25
1954	35.6 °C5 March 1954	2.6 °C19 June 1954	16.3 °C	290 mm	13
1953	35.4 °C16 March 1953	4.0 °C1 August 1953	17.5 °C	492 mm	18
1952	38.4 °C10 February 1952	4.9 °C29 July 1952	17.4 °C	575 mm	17
1951	40.4 °C1 February 1951	3.9 °C10 July 1951	17.5 °C	283 mm	25
1950	40.8 °C31 January 1950	4.8 °C28 July 1950	17.8 °C	510 mm	32
1949	36.0 °C25 March 1949	5.1 °C17 July 1949	17.6 °C	338 mm	24
1948	35.1 °C1 March 1948	2.5 °C16 August 1948	16.7 °C	465 mm	24
1947	33.2 °C22 December 1947	4.2 °C27 July 1947	16.2 °C	532 mm	5
1946	34.7 °C4 January 1946	2.6 °C29 July 1946	17.0 °C	499 mm	11
1945	38.7 °C13 March 1945	3.7 °C10 July 1945	17.3 °C	496 mm	29
1944	35.9 °C6 March 1944	3.0 °C13 June 1944	16.5 °C	732 mm	5
1943	40.6 °C15 March 1943	4.4 °C15 August 1943	17.0 °C	621 mm	21
1942	36.0 °C25 January 1942	4.2 °C6 August 1942	17.1 °C	538 mm	19
1941	42.4 °C4 January 1941	3.5 °C1 July 1941	17.9 °C	563 mm	37
1940	35.4 °C6 March 1940	4.6 °C14 August 1940	17.7 °C	480 mm	26

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.0 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

50 d/yr

+16

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

326 mm

-131 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.9 °C	+0.6 °C	59 mm	+22 mm
Feb	26.9 °C	-0.4 °C	35 mm	-11 mm
Mar	28.2 °C	+2.0 °C	40 mm	-13 mm
Apr	25.2 °C	+1.1 °C	43 mm	+1 mm
May	25.1 °C	+2.6 °C	7 mm	-25 mm
Jun	22.2 °C	+1.4 °C	35 mm	+11 mm
Jul	21.7 °C	+1.1 °C	18 mm	-7 mm
Aug	22.1 °C	+1.1 °C	9 mm	-24 mm
Sep	22.3 °C	+0.6 °C	19 mm	-14 mm
Oct	24.7 °C	+2.0 °C	23 mm	-25 mm
Nov	26.2 °C	+2.1 °C	24 mm	-23 mm
Dec	27.3 °C	+1.3 °C	14 mm	-22 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.4 °C

23 Oct 2025

Coldest day

4.8 °C

16 Jul 2025

Wettest day

21.0 mm

27 Jan 2025

Windiest day

42.3 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

78.1 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.1 °C

12 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.6 °C

17 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

19 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Uitenhage?

Uitenhage has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.8 °C and it receives 457 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Uitenhage?

The hottest day measured in Uitenhage between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1972, reaching 42.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Uitenhage?

The coldest day measured in Uitenhage between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1948, at 2.5 °C.

Does it snow in Uitenhage?

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

Has the climate of Uitenhage warmed?

Yes: Uitenhage warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Uitenhage?

The wettest day measured in Uitenhage between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1983, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Uitenhage?

The windiest day measured in Uitenhage between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1944, with winds reaching 56.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Uitenhage?

The warmest month in Uitenhage is January (21.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (13.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Uitenhage?

Uitenhage receives on average 457 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Uitenhage?

Uitenhage gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Uitenhage?

Yes: Uitenhage has on average 13 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Uitenhage?

In Uitenhage, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.1 °C on 5 January 1972, and the lowest was -1.5 °C on 24 July 1970.

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