10 Dec 26
Day of Goodwill.
Climate Durban is famed for its mild, sunny winter climate and year-round "fun-in-the-water" weather. Durban is blessed with an abundance of vegetation and a subtropical climate with sunshine for at least 320 days a year. Temperatures range from 16°C - 25°C / 61 °- 77°F during the winter months of June, July, and August. Summer temperatures can reach above 32°C / 90 °F with relatively high humidity during the hot season. Durban owes these characteristics to the equatorial current of the Indian Ocean, which is the source of a vast stream of warm, blue water flowing south-west through the Mozambique Channel. Seawater temperatures along the coast compare more favourably with those of the Mediterranean in summer (75°F / 24°C), but in winter, they seldom fall below 66°F / 19°C – which is 10° warmer than the Mediterranean in the same season. • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Altitude / Elevation: 26 ft./ 8m The average temperature in Durban, South Africa is 20.5 °C (69 °F). The average temperature range is 8 °C. The highest monthly average high temperature is 28 °C (82 °F) in February. The lowest monthly average low temperature is 11 °C (52 °F) in June, July. Durban's climate receives an average of 1003 mm (39.5 in) of rainfall per year, or 84 mm (3.3 in) per month. On average, there are 89 days per year with more than 0.1 mm (0.004 in) of rainfall (precipitation) or 7 days with a quantity of rain, sleet, snow etc. per month. The driest weather is in July when an average of 26 mm (1.0 in) of rainfall (precipitation) occurs across 3 days. The wettest weather is in February when an average of 128 mm (5.0 in) of rainfall (precipitation) occurs across 9 days. The average annual relative humidity is 79.1% and average monthly relative humidity ranges from 73% in June, July to 83% in March. Average sunlight hours in Durban range between 5.2 hours per day in October and 7.4 hours per day in May. There is an average of 2343 hours of sunlight per year with an average of 6.4 hours of sunlight per day. On average there is little to no frost in Durban at all
Durban Climate Graph (metric
Clothing Lightweight clothing will be fine during the South African summer. In winter, a jacket or coat may be needed, particularly in the evenings. At game reserves, you should wear neutral colors.