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

East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa climate

Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa, with every day graded against ~45 years of local climate history (1981–2026). Its warmest month is February, averaging a high of 25°C, and its coldest is July, with an average low of 15°C.

East London, officially KuGompo City since February 2026, is a city on the southeastern coast of South Africa, in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape Province. via Wikipedia

How today compares

Latest recorded day: 2026-07-21. Each reading placed on East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.

High 19°C Below Normal · 34th pct
Low 11°C Near Record · 1st pct
Feels-like 9°C Near Record · 1st pct
Humidity 9.5 g/m³ Below Normal · 28th pct
Wind 10 km/h Near Record · 1st pct
Precip 0 mm Dry

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East London average temperatures by month

Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa, based on 1981–2026 records. The wettest month is January (5 mm on an average day).

MonthAvg highAvg lowAvg precip
January 24°C 21°C 5 mm
February 25°C 22°C 5 mm
March 25°C 21°C 3 mm
April 24°C 20°C 3 mm
May 23°C 18°C 3 mm
June 21°C 16°C 3 mm
July 21°C 15°C 0 mm
August 20°C 15°C 3 mm
September 21°C 16°C 3 mm
October 21°C 17°C 3 mm
November 22°C 19°C 5 mm
December 23°C 20°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: 34°C on 1998-11-13
  • Coldest day on record: 10°C on 2021-07-22

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Percentiles compare each day to East London, Eastern Cape, 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 →