Capital of South Africa
Pretoria
Photo: Petrus Potgieter · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Local time
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Country
- South Africa
- Population
- 2,112,693
- Elevation
- 1,332 m
- Airports
- HLA
- 34 km from the centre
- From DXB
- 6,380 km
- 8 hrs 15 mins · Estimate
Climate
The weather in Pretoria, month by month
- Jan31°
- Feb31°
- Mar30°
- Apr27°
- May24°
- Jun21°
- Jul21°
- Aug25°
- Sept29°
- Oct31°
- Nov31°
- Dec31°
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
Good for going all year, on these averages.
Mean highs run from 21°C in June to 31°C in November, with about 570 mm of rain in a year.
Month-by-month climate for PretoriaModelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020.
Airports
No airport with scheduled flights is listed for Pretoria itself; these are the nearest.
How far it is from the UAE
From DXBPretoria
6,380 km
8 hrs 15 mins · Estimate
From AUHPretoria
6,260 km
8 hrs 5 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Facts
Practical facts
- Local time
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Country
- South Africa
- Currency
- South African Rand ZARToday's indicative rate: ZAR 10 ≈ USD 0.605Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type C, D and N230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 112ambulance, fire and policeAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +27 · On the left
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