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How unusual is the weather? Graded against ~45 years of local climate history.

Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa climate

Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa, with every day graded against ~46 years of local climate history (1980–2026). Its warmest month is January, averaging a high of 26°C, and its coldest is July, with an average low of 3°C.

Brakpan is a mining town on the East Rand of Gauteng, South Africa, approximately 38 kilometres east of Johannesburg. via Wikipedia

How today compares

Latest recorded day: 2026-07-24. Each reading placed on Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.

High 18°C Normal · 42nd pct
Low 4°C Above Normal · 63rd pct
Feels-like 0°C Normal · 54th pct
Humidity 3.6 g/m³ Low · 14th pct
Wind 14 km/h Normal · 46th pct
Gust 36 km/h Above Normal · 64th pct
Precip 0 mm Dry

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Brakpan average temperatures by month

Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa, based on 1980–2026 records. The wettest month is January (5 mm on an average day).

MonthAvg highAvg lowAvg precip
January 26°C 15°C 5 mm
February 25°C 15°C 5 mm
March 25°C 14°C 3 mm
April 22°C 11°C 3 mm
May 21°C 7°C 0 mm
June 18°C 3°C 0 mm
July 18°C 3°C 0 mm
August 21°C 6°C 0 mm
September 24°C 10°C 0 mm
October 25°C 12°C 3 mm
November 25°C 14°C 3 mm
December 25°C 15°C 5 mm

Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.

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Record extremes

  • Hottest day on record: 37°C on 2016-01-07
  • Coldest day on record: -5°C on 1990-07-14

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Percentiles compare each day to Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →