Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa climate
Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Soweto, 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 2°C.
Soweto is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships. via Wikipedia
How today compares
Latest recorded day: 2026-07-21. Each reading placed on Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.
Soweto average temperatures by month
Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa, based on 1981–2026 records. The wettest month is December (5 mm on an average day).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Avg precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28°C | 15°C | 3 mm |
| February | 28°C | 15°C | 3 mm |
| March | 27°C | 13°C | 3 mm |
| April | 24°C | 10°C | 3 mm |
| May | 22°C | 6°C | 0 mm |
| June | 18°C | 3°C | 0 mm |
| July | 18°C | 2°C | 0 mm |
| August | 22°C | 5°C | 0 mm |
| September | 27°C | 9°C | 0 mm |
| October | 28°C | 11°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: -6°C on 2021-07-14
Percentiles compare each day to Soweto, 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 →