Cradock weather in June

In June, Cradock sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 17 mm of precipitation across 3.5 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of June to 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Cradock's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cradock's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
17 mm
3.5 wet days
Daylight
9 h 54 min
7:21 AM – 5:15 PM
Cloud cover
31%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
3.08 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Cradock is town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

Founded
1816

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month.

A typical June day in Cradock reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 3°C cooler than May and on par with July.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1185
2185
3174
4174
5174
6174
7174
8174
9174
10174
11174
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13174
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15174
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30163

How June really feels in Cradock

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 3 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
3
wind chill below the day's low

The story in June is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Cradock weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 15°9512.213.96.4
Feb27° / 15°881213.26.2
Mar26° / 13°8410.612.26.9
Apr23° / 10°457.511.27.4
May20° / 204.310.47.5
Jun17° / 173.59.96.6
Jul17° / 17310.16.7
Aug18° / 204.210.87.3
Sep22° / 253.811.87.9
Oct24° / 447.412.87.6
Nov25° / 11°598.713.67.2
Dec27° / 13°7310.314.16.7

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17624
27723
37723
47723
57723
67624
77624
87624
97624
107525
117624
127624
137822
147822
157822
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208020
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308218

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Cradock gets around 17 mm of rain and snow over 3.5 wet days in June, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 11% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
111
211
311
412
512
612
712
812
912
1012
1112
1212
1312
1412
1512
1612
1712
1811
1911
2011
2111
2211
2311
2411
2511
2610
2710
2810
2910
309

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of June feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
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8100
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11100
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26100
27100
28100
29100
30100

Wind in June

Winds average 11 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
1411calm
1511calm
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1811calm
1911calm
2011calm
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of June to 9 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 7:13 AM to 7:23 AM, and sunset from 5:17 PM to 5:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.17:135:17
210.07:145:16
310.07:155:16
410.07:155:16
510.07:165:16
610.07:165:15
710.07:175:15
810.07:175:15
910.07:185:15
109.97:185:15
119.97:195:15
129.97:195:15
139.97:195:15
149.97:205:15
159.97:205:15
169.97:215:15
179.97:215:15
189.97:215:15
199.97:225:15
209.97:225:15
219.97:225:16
229.97:225:16
239.97:235:16
249.97:235:16
259.97:235:16
269.97:235:17
279.97:235:17
289.97:235:17
299.97:235:18
309.97:235:18

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 3.08 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.08 kWh/m² to a high of 7.56 kWh/m² in December across the year — June's 3.08 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.2Moderate
23.2Moderate
33.2Moderate
43.1Moderate
53.1Moderate
63.1Moderate
73.1Moderate
83.1Moderate
93.1Moderate
103.1Moderate
113.1Moderate
123.1Moderate
133.1Moderate
143.1Moderate
153.1Moderate
163.1Moderate
173.1Moderate
183.1Moderate
193.1Moderate
203.1Moderate
213.1Moderate
223.1Moderate
233.1Moderate
243.1Moderate
253.1Moderate
263.1Moderate
273.1Moderate
283.1Moderate
293.1Moderate
303.1Moderate
Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Cradock

In seasonPeak

None of Cradock's seasonal hazards are active in June. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Cradock's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is June a good time to visit Cradock?

Our two travel scores rate June for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.6
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
1.4
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Cradock for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cradock in June

From June's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In June, Cradock sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Cradock in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cradock peaks around January 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighModerateHighExtremeJan 14UV 14Jun 22UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar10Extreme
Apr7High
May5Moderate
Jun4Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug5High
Sep7High
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Cradock?

Cradock sits at 32.2°S, 25.6°E, 896 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Somerset East, 62 km away.

Topography around Cradock

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Cradock.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cradock has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m around an average of 915 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,015 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,857 m.

The land around Cradock is covered by grassland (57%) within 3 km, grassland (66%) and shrubs (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
157 m
16 km
1,015 m
80 km
1,857 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
June weather nearby: Somerset East 62 km · Middelburg 94 km · Graaff Reinet 103 km · Whittlesea 113 km · Fort Beaufort 117 km · Queenstown 122 km · Queensdale 132 km · Alice 133 km

South Africa travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / M / N
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 41% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,598
2025
Happiness
5.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
68%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
43.7
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
22.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 602
Religion
Christian 86%or other traditional African religions 5%nothing in particular 5%Muslim 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Cradock (-32.1642°, 25.6192°, elevation 896 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).