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Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa · 144k people · 300 m elevation · Southern Hemisphere

Every month in detail

Thirty-year averages for each calendar month.

Monthly climate normals. Values shown as an em dash are missing from the source data.
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high81°F (27°C)83°F (28°C)81°F (27°C)78°F (26°C)76°F (25°C)74°F (23°C)73°F (23°C)73°F (23°C)74°F (24°C)75°F (24°C)77°F (25°C)80°F (27°C)
Average low67°F (20°C)68°F (20°C)65°F (19°C)61°F (16°C)55°F (13°C)50°F (10°C)49°F (10°C)53°F (12°C)57°F (14°C)60°F (16°C)62°F (17°C)65°F (19°C)
Dew point66°F (19°C)67°F (19°C)65°F (18°C)61°F (16°C)55°F (13°C)49°F (9°C)47°F (9°C)51°F (10°C)55°F (13°C)58°F (15°C)61°F (16°C)64°F (18°C)
Rainfall4.9 in (125 mm)4.2 in (106 mm)4.2 in (107 mm)2.4 in (61 mm)1.7 in (43 mm)0.8 in (21 mm)1.8 in (45 mm)1.4 in (36 mm)2.2 in (56 mm)3.7 in (94 mm)4.7 in (120 mm)4.5 in (113 mm)
Rainy days10885434569109
Snowfall0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)
Sunshine196 h190 h209 h200 h223 h226 h232 h221 h194 h170 h164 h185 h

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Projected change, 2031–2050

Model projection, not an observation

How this city’s climate may change, measured against the same models’ own 1995–2014 output. Nothing here affects the match score above.

Change in summer afternoon highs

+1.6°F (+0.9°C)

Models range from +1.4°F (+0.8°C) to +1.8°F (+1.0°C)

Days above 90°F (32°C) a year

6 → 11

About 1.9× as many

Warming by month
  • January: +1.7°F (+1.0°C)
  • February: +1.8°F (+1.0°C)
  • March: +1.9°F (+1.0°C)
  • April: +1.8°F (+1.0°C)
  • May: +1.5°F (+0.9°C)
  • June: +2.0°F (+1.1°C)
  • July: +1.9°F (+1.0°C)
  • August: +1.8°F (+1.0°C)
  • September: +1.7°F (+1.0°C)
  • October: +2.3°F (+1.3°C)
  • November: +2.0°F (+1.1°C)
  • December: +1.4°F (+0.8°C)
Scenario
SSP5-8.5 (high emissions)
Models
4 · CMIP6 HighResMIP, downscaled

This is a high-emissions pathway — the upper end of plausible futures, not a central estimate. Changes are measured by each model against its own past output and then applied to the observed record, which cancels each model’s bias but not the genuine uncertainty about how much warming occurs. Where the models disagree widely, the range above is the honest answer.