Mkuze weather by month & the best time to visit
🇿🇦 South Africa · small town · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Mkuze is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 92/100), with May and July close behind. Mkuze averages about 2,582 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 14 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,582
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 92/100
- Rain / year
- 771 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 33k
- Elevation
- 126 m
When is the best time to visit Mkuze?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Mkuze is June, then May and July. The dullest month is January (70/100, 129 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Mkuze?
Mkuze gets a lot of sun: around 2,582 hours a year. June (92/100) is noticeably better than January (70). It ranks #18 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 December, carries about 47% of the annual 771 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70 | 32° / 90°F | 20° / 68°F | 129 mm | 11 |
| February | 76 | 32° / 90°F | 20° / 68°F | 101 mm | 11 |
| March | 79 | 31° / 88°F | 19° / 66°F | 85 mm | 9 |
| April | 85 | 29° / 84°F | 17° / 63°F | 49 mm | 7 |
| May | 91 | 28° / 82°F | 14° / 57°F | 18 mm | 5 |
| June | 92 | 26° / 79°F | 12° / 54°F | 14 mm | 4 |
| July | 91 | 25° / 77°F | 11° / 52°F | 16 mm | 4 |
| August | 91 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 19 mm | 5 |
| September | 87 | 29° / 84°F | 15° / 59°F | 39 mm | 6 |
| October | 81 | 30° / 86°F | 16° / 61°F | 70 mm | 7 |
| November | 74 | 31° / 88°F | 18° / 64°F | 112 mm | 9 |
| December | 72 | 32° / 90°F | 19° / 66°F | 119 mm | 10 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Maputo Mozambique · 197 km · best in Jul · 2,689 h sun/yr
- Durban South Africa · 239 km · best in Jun · 2,503 h sun/yr
- Johannesburg South Africa · 411 km · best in Aug · 3,287 h sun/yr
- Gaborone Botswana · 700 km · best in Jul · 3,481 h sun/yr
- Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) South Africa · 936 km · best in May · 2,989 h sun/yr
- Harare Zimbabwe · 1,082 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Richards Bay South Africa · 124 km · 2,540 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Mpaka Eswatini · 145 km · 2,644 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Mbombela South Africa · 266 km · 2,686 h sun/yr · best in May
- Pietermaritzburg South Africa · 276 km · 2,600 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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