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Polokwane weather by month
Historical averages 2016–2025 · not a forecast
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When is the best time to visit Polokwane?
For a warm holiday, the best week has been 24–30 March (Weather Index 95). Favourable start dates for a 7-day trip run from 28 February to 29 March. September to March are warmest (27°C), June and August are driest and January has the most sun.
- Warmest
- September to March 27°C
- Coolest
- June and July 21°C
- Driest
- June and August 1% rain-day chance
- Wettest
- December 52% rain-day chance
- Sunniest
- January 12 hours a day
A rain day has 1 mm or more, snow included, so a short shower counts. Monthly averages below give the amounts.
Monthly averages in Polokwane
Polokwane historical monthly estimates, 2016–2025. Temperatures and sunshine are daily averages.
| Month | High (°C) | Low (°C) | Rain-day chance (%) | Expected rain days | Precipitation (mm/month) | Sunshine (hours/day) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2 | 16.9 | 44.5 | 13.8 | 119.3 | 11.6 |
| February | 27.2 | 17.4 | 45.0 | 12.6 | 114.9 | 10.6 |
| March | 27.0 | 15.9 | 23.9 | 7.4 | 47.4 | 11.1 |
| April | 25.1 | 13.3 | 19.3 | 5.8 | 32.1 | 10.3 |
| May | 23.3 | 9.7 | 8.1 | 2.5 | 13.3 | 10.0 |
| June | 21.2 | 7.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 9.9 |
| July | 21.0 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 9.9 |
| August | 24.1 | 9.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 10.5 |
| September | 27.1 | 12.3 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 7.3 | 11.4 |
| October | 27.4 | 14.0 | 23.2 | 7.2 | 41.7 | 11.3 |
| November | 27.2 | 15.7 | 42.0 | 12.6 | 93.1 | 11.4 |
| December | 27.4 | 17.0 | 51.9 | 16.1 | 130.4 | 11.1 |
Each month averages its own days. Precipitation includes snow. About the data
Sources
Open-Meteo · 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2025
- Open-Meteo Historical Weather API
- Local days, 2016–2025, every year weighted equally. Each weekly chart averages its own seven days, without smoothing.
- Shading shows the 10th–90th percentile of past days, not forecast confidence.
- A rain day has at least 1 mm, snow included. The last weekly period has eight days.
- Wind is the average daytime (10:00–18:00) maximum, not gusts. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Missing readings stay blank.
- Mugginess (dew point) comes from the original daily summaries, on UTC days.
- The live two-week forecast comes from the Open-Meteo Weather Forecast API. The Weather Index does not use it.