Vryheid climate — normals and trends
Vryheid (South Africa) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 972 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 (19.7 °C on average) and the coldest is June (10.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Vryheid averages 2 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Vryheid has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 6 January 2016) and the coldest -7.9 °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
VryheidKwaZulu-Natal
- coords
- -27.77°, 30.79°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.1°C
Average daily high
22.9°C
Average daily low
11.0°C
Annual rainfall
972mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
8.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.2 cm
Average feels-like high
22.6 °C
Average feels-like low
9.7 °C
Average peak gust
34.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
37.5 °C
6 January 2016
Coldest day
-7.9 °C
13 June 1956
Wettest day
108 mm
8 December 2018
Windiest day
45.2 km/h
23 September 1941
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
30 August 2008
Hottest feels-like
40.8 °C
6 January 2016
Coldest feels-like
-12.3 °C
13 June 1956
Snowiest day
19.7 cm
10 June 1956
Sunniest day
13.8 h
26 December 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 203 mm | +52 mm |
| Feb | 24.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 152 mm | +21 mm |
| Mar | 24.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 145 mm | +44 mm |
| Apr | 21.7 °C | -1.0 °C | 125 mm | +64 mm |
| May | 22.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 5 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 19.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 7 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 19.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 11 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 23.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 7 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 112 mm | +66 mm |
| Oct | 23.0 °C | -0.8 °C | 74 mm | -31 mm |
| Nov | 23.1 °C | -1.1 °C | 156 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | 24.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 233 mm | +71 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vryheid?
Vryheid has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 972 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vryheid?
The hottest day measured in Vryheid between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2016, reaching 37.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vryheid?
The coldest day measured in Vryheid between 1940 and 2025 was 13 June 1956, at -7.9 °C.
Does it snow in Vryheid?
Yes. Vryheid gets on average 1.2 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Vryheid warmed?
Yes: Vryheid warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vryheid?
The wettest day measured in Vryheid between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 2018, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vryheid?
The windiest day measured in Vryheid between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1941, with winds reaching 45.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vryheid?
The warmest month in Vryheid is January (19.7 °C on average); the coldest is June (10.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Vryheid?
Vryheid receives on average 972 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vryheid?
Vryheid gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vryheid?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vryheid between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1956, with 19.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vryheid?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vryheid.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vryheid?
In Vryheid, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 6 January 2016, and the lowest was -12.3 °C on 13 June 1956.
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