Phalaborwa weather by month & the best time to visit
🇿🇦 South Africa · regional city · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Phalaborwa is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with June and July close behind. Phalaborwa averages about 2,736 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 8 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,736
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 544 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 109k
- Elevation
- 432 m
When is the best time to visit Phalaborwa?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Phalaborwa is May, then June and July. The dullest month is January (68/100, 108 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Phalaborwa?
Phalaborwa gets a lot of sun: around 2,736 hours a year. May (94/100) is noticeably better than January (68). It ranks #14 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 53% of the annual 544 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68 | 33° / 91°F | 20° / 68°F | 108 mm | 11 |
| February | 72 | 33° / 91°F | 20° / 68°F | 80 mm | 11 |
| March | 82 | 32° / 90°F | 19° / 66°F | 69 mm | 10 |
| April | 88 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 39 mm | 8 |
| May | 94 | 28° / 82°F | 14° / 57°F | 8 mm | 6 |
| June | 94 | 25° / 77°F | 11° / 52°F | 5 mm | 5 |
| July | 94 | 25° / 77°F | 11° / 52°F | 6 mm | 5 |
| August | 94 | 28° / 82°F | 12° / 54°F | 6 mm | 6 |
| September | 93 | 31° / 88°F | 15° / 59°F | 13 mm | 7 |
| October | 88 | 32° / 90°F | 17° / 63°F | 36 mm | 8 |
| November | 74 | 33° / 91°F | 19° / 66°F | 71 mm | 10 |
| December | 69 | 33° / 91°F | 20° / 68°F | 103 mm | 10 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Maputo Mozambique · 263 km · best in Jul · 2,689 h sun/yr
- Johannesburg South Africa · 382 km · best in Aug · 3,287 h sun/yr
- Gaborone Botswana · 535 km · best in Jul · 3,481 h sun/yr
- Durban South Africa · 631 km · best in Jun · 2,503 h sun/yr
- Harare Zimbabwe · 668 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
- Lusaka Zambia · 998 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Hoedspruit South Africa · 48 km · 2,745 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Skukuza South Africa · 122 km · 2,745 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Mbombela South Africa · 161 km · 2,686 h sun/yr · best in May
- Polokwane South Africa · 173 km · 3,098 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Mpaka Eswatini · 275 km · 2,644 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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