Vrede climate — normals and trends
Vrede (South Africa) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 825 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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is June (7.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Vrede averages 18 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Vrede has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 7 January 2016) and the coldest -8.5 °C (on 13 June 1956).
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
VredeFree State
- coords
- -27.43°, 29.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.1°C
Average daily high
21.2°C
Average daily low
8.7°C
Annual rainfall
825mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
18.4km/h
Seasonal range
10.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
18 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.9 cm
Average feels-like high
19.5 °C
Average feels-like low
6.4 °C
Average peak gust
38.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
35.6 °C
7 January 2016
Coldest day
-8.5 °C
13 June 1956
Wettest day
62 mm
17 December 1995
Windiest day
50.7 km/h
23 September 1941
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
30 August 2008
Hottest feels-like
35.6 °C
6 January 2016
Coldest feels-like
-14.0 °C
13 June 1956
Snowiest day
16.7 cm
10 September 1981
Sunniest day
13.7 h
26 December 2025
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 | 25.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 200 mm | +64 mm |
| Feb | 24.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 171 mm | +68 mm |
| Mar | 23.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 137 mm | +55 mm |
| Apr | 19.7 °C | -1.0 °C | 209 mm | +159 mm |
| May | 19.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 9 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 16.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 10 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 16.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 10 mm | +4 mm |
| Aug | 21.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 10 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 23.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 69 mm | +38 mm |
| Oct | 23.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 54 mm | -40 mm |
| Nov | 21.4 °C | -1.9 °C | 259 mm | +128 mm |
| Dec | 23.3 °C | -0.7 °C | 136 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vrede?
Vrede has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 825 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vrede?
The hottest day measured in Vrede between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vrede?
The coldest day measured in Vrede between 1940 and 2025 was 13 June 1956, at -8.5 °C.
Does it snow in Vrede?
Yes. Vrede gets on average 1.9 cm of snow per year and has around 18 frost days.
Has the climate of Vrede warmed?
Yes: Vrede warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vrede?
The wettest day measured in Vrede between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1995, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vrede?
The windiest day measured in Vrede between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1941, with winds reaching 50.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vrede?
The warmest month in Vrede is January (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is June (7.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Vrede?
Vrede receives on average 825 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vrede?
Vrede 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 Vrede?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vrede between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 1981, with 16.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vrede?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vrede.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vrede?
In Vrede, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.6 °C on 6 January 2016, and the lowest was -14.0 °C on 13 June 1956.
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