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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 ~45 years of local climate history (1981–2026). Its warmest month is January, averaging a high of 28°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: 2026-07-21. Each reading placed on Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.

High 21°C Above Normal · 69th pct
Low 7°C Very High · 96th pct
Feels-like 4°C Very High · 96th pct
Humidity 3.8 g/m³ Below Normal · 27th pct
Wind 10 km/h Very Low · 5th 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 1981–2026 records. The wettest month is January (5 mm on an average day).

MonthAvg highAvg lowAvg precip
January 28°C 15°C 5 mm
February 28°C 15°C 3 mm
March 27°C 14°C 3 mm
April 24°C 10°C 3 mm
May 22°C 7°C 0 mm
June 18°C 3°C 0 mm
July 19°C 3°C 0 mm
August 22°C 5°C 0 mm
September 27°C 9°C 0 mm
October 28°C 12°C 3 mm
November 28°C 13°C 3 mm
December 28°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: 39°C on 2016-01-07
  • Coldest day on record: -5°C on 2000-07-21

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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 →