South Africa · 24.99°S 31.59°E · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)
The best time to visit Kruger is May to August, with highs of 25–27 °C77–81 °F and nights of 8–12 °C46–54 °F, and rainfall of under 60 mm2.4 in a month.
The rainy season is December to February. January is the wettest month (112 mm4.4 in) and June the driest (8 mm0.3 in). January is the hottest month (highs of 31 °C88 °F) and June the coldest (25 °C77 °F).
The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at -24.99, 31.59. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.
Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.
Good time to go for a Warm holiday: May to August.
Open Kruger on the interactive map ↗ the same verdicts for any place on Earth, in any month
Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.
What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Kruger's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.
| Month | Rain | High | Low | Season | Warm verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1124.4 | 3188 | 2067 | rainy | too hot |
| February | 1044.1 | 3187 | 2067 | rainy | too hot |
| March | 803.1 | 3086 | 1965 | showers | too hot |
| April | 401.6 | 2984 | 1660 | dry | too hot |
| May | 160.6 | 2781 | 1253 | dry | good |
| June | 80.3 | 2576 | 846 | dry | good |
| July | 80.3 | 2576 | 846 | dry | good |
| August | 80.3 | 2679 | 1049 | dry | good |
| September | 240.9 | 2882 | 1355 | dry | too hot |
| October | 401.6 | 3085 | 1660 | dry | too hot |
| November | 803.1 | 3086 | 1864 | showers | too hot |
| December | 1044.1 | 3188 | 1966 | rainy | too hot |
| Looking for | Rule | Months that fit |
|---|---|---|
| Warm | highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers | May to August |
| Tropical | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon | September to April |
| Beach | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers | September to November and March to April |
| Cool | highs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoon | |
| Snow | highs below 3 °C37 °F, any rain |
Yes. The rainy season is December to February. January is the wettest month (112 mm4.4 in) and June the driest (8 mm0.3 in).
January is the hottest month (highs of 31 °C88 °F) and June the coldest (25 °C77 °F). Annual rainfall is about 624 mm25 in.
The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Kruger does not:
The interactive map colours the whole world by how well it fits the weather you like, in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.