Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa climate
Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa, with every day graded against ~45 years of local climate history (1981–2026). Its warmest month is January, averaging a high of 32°C, and its coldest is July, with an average low of 1°C.
Bloemfontein, also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State province in South Africa. It is often, and has been traditionally, referred to as the country's "judicial capital", alongside the legislative capital Cape Town and administrative capital Pretoria. via Wikipedia
How today compares
Latest recorded day: 2026-07-21. Each reading placed on Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.
Bloemfontein average temperatures by month
Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa, based on 1981–2026 records. The wettest month is January (3 mm on an average day).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Avg precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°C | 17°C | 3 mm |
| February | 30°C | 16°C | 3 mm |
| March | 29°C | 14°C | 3 mm |
| April | 25°C | 10°C | 3 mm |
| May | 21°C | 6°C | 0 mm |
| June | 17°C | 2°C | 0 mm |
| July | 17°C | 1°C | 0 mm |
| August | 21°C | 3°C | 0 mm |
| September | 25°C | 8°C | 0 mm |
| October | 28°C | 11°C | 3 mm |
| November | 30°C | 13°C | 3 mm |
| December | 32°C | 15°C | 3 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: 42°C on 2016-01-06
- Coldest day on record: -6°C on 2021-07-23
Percentiles compare each day to Bloemfontein, Free State, 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 →