Grootfontein
Elevation 1460 m19.57° S, 18.10° E
When to go?
Mean 24 °C, 15 rain days in the month (131 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 24 °C, 12 rain days in the month (117 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 22 °C, 12 rain days in the month (112 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 21 °C, 5 rain days in the month (48 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 18 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 15 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 15 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 22 °C, 1 rain day in the month (3 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 25 °C, 4 rain days in the month (17 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 25 °C, 9 rain days in the month (57 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 25 °C, 13 rain days in the month (101 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
The best months are May–August. Avoid October–December (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.6 °C; in the last ten years by +1.2 °C. Warmest year: 2019 (+2.7 °C), coldest: 1974 (−1.7 °C).
October and September warmed the most (+1.5 and +1.0 °C), December the least (+0.1 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 21 °C) begins 7 days earlier and ends 5 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.