Hoedspruit weather by month & the best time to visit
🇿🇦 South Africa · small town · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Hoedspruit is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with July and August close behind. Hoedspruit averages about 2,745 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 7 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,745
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 632 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 523 m
When is the best time to visit Hoedspruit?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Hoedspruit is June, then July and August. The dullest month is January (73/100, 121 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Hoedspruit?
Hoedspruit gets a lot of sun: around 2,745 hours a year. June (94/100) is noticeably better than January (73). It ranks #12 of 21 destinations in South Africa for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,871 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 50% of the annual 632 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73 | 32° / 90°F | 19° / 66°F | 121 mm | 11 |
| February | 79 | 32° / 90°F | 19° / 66°F | 88 mm | 11 |
| March | 80 | 31° / 88°F | 18° / 64°F | 85 mm | 10 |
| April | 86 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 48 mm | 7 |
| May | 93 | 27° / 81°F | 13° / 55°F | 11 mm | 6 |
| June | 94 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 7 mm | 5 |
| July | 94 | 24° / 75°F | 10° / 50°F | 7 mm | 5 |
| August | 94 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 7 mm | 6 |
| September | 92 | 30° / 86°F | 14° / 57°F | 17 mm | 7 |
| October | 87 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 45 mm | 8 |
| November | 79 | 32° / 90°F | 18° / 64°F | 86 mm | 9 |
| December | 75 | 32° / 90°F | 19° / 66°F | 110 mm | 10 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Maputo Mozambique · 231 km · best in Jul · 2,689 h sun/yr
- Johannesburg South Africa · 345 km · best in Aug · 3,287 h sun/yr
- Gaborone Botswana · 520 km · best in Jul · 3,481 h sun/yr
- Durban South Africa · 584 km · best in Jun · 2,503 h sun/yr
- Harare Zimbabwe · 715 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
- Lusaka Zambia · 1,040 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Phalaborwa South Africa · 48 km · 2,736 h sun/yr · best in May
- Skukuza South Africa · 86 km · 2,745 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Mbombela South Africa · 114 km · 2,686 h sun/yr · best in May
- Polokwane South Africa · 172 km · 3,098 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Mpaka Eswatini · 232 km · 2,644 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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