Carletonville, Gauteng, South Africa climate
Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Carletonville, 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.
Carletonville is a town in Gauteng and the seat of the Merafong City Local Municipality in the West Rand District Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, just north of the richest gold-mining area in the world. At 3,749 m, Western Deep Levels holds the record for the world's deepest gold mine. via Wikipedia
How today compares
Latest recorded day: 2026-07-24. Each reading placed on Carletonville, Gauteng, South Africa's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.
Carletonville average temperatures by month
Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Carletonville, Gauteng, South Africa, based on 1980–2026 records. The wettest month is January (5 mm on an average day).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Avg precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26°C | 16°C | 5 mm |
| February | 26°C | 16°C | 5 mm |
| March | 25°C | 14°C | 3 mm |
| April | 23°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 | 13°C | 3 mm |
| November | 26°C | 14°C | 3 mm |
| December | 26°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
Percentiles compare each day to Carletonville, 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 →