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When to go to Phalaborwa
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Phalaborwa has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in April to September.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): October to March.
- The warmest month is December (34°C) and the coolest July (26°C). The wettest is January (108 mm) and the driest June (5 mm); about 544 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanHot
- FebHot
- MarHot
- AprMild–warm, dry
- MayMild–warm, dry
- JunMild–warm, dry
- JulMild–warm, dry
- AugMild–warm, dry
- SeptMild–warm, dry
- OctHot
- NovHot
- DecHot
Month by month
Every month in Phalaborwa
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°C | 21°C | 108 mm | 63% | 58% | 6.3 | 23°C | Hot |
| February | 33°C | 20°C | 80 mm | 64% | 54% | 6.1 | 24°C | Hot |
| March | 32°C | 19°C | 69 mm | 64% | 51% | 5.5 | 27°C | Hot |
| April | 30°C | 17°C | 39 mm | 63% | 46% | 4.6 | 31°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 28°C | 14°C | 8 mm | 55% | 31% | 4.2 | 35°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| June | 26°C | 12°C | 5 mm | 53% | 35% | 3.8 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| July | 26°C | 11°C | 6 mm | 52% | 32% | 3.9 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| August | 28°C | 13°C | 6 mm | 48% | 30% | 4.6 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| September | 31°C | 15°C | 13 mm | 47% | 35% | 5.3 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| October | 33°C | 17°C | 36 mm | 51% | 49% | 5.6 | 34°C | Hot |
| November | 33°C | 19°C | 71 mm | 55% | 60% | 5.9 | 29°C | Hot |
| December | 34°C | 20°C | 103 mm | 60% | 64% | 6.1 | 25°C | Hot |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Polokwane170 kmGood for going: January to December
- Mbombela171 kmGood for going: January to December
- Matola261 kmGood for going: February to December
- Mbabane264 kmGood for going: January to December
- Maputo268 kmGood for going: February to December
- Emalahleni288 kmGood for going: January to December
- Soshanguve351 kmGood for going: January to December
- Pretoria359 kmGood for going: January to December
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