Graaff Reinet weather in June

In June, Graaff Reinet sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 16 mm of precipitation across 3.3 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 18°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 hours at the start of June to 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Graaff Reinet's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Graaff Reinet's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 16 mm; 3.3 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 7:25 AM – 5:19 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

Graaff Reinet is town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Density: 309/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1786

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

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month.

A typical June day in Graaff Reinet reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 3°C cooler than May and on par with July.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	19	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	19	5
11	18	5
12	18	5
13	18	5
14	18	5
15	18	5
16	18	5
17	18	5
18	18	5
19	18	5
20	18	5
21	18	5
22	18	5
23	18	5
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	4
27	18	4
28	18	4
29	18	4
30	18	4

Graaff Reinet 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 16°	71	9.7	13.9	5.7
Feb	29° / 16°	63	10.1	13.2	5.6
Mar	27° / 14°	64	9.2	12.2	6.8
Apr	24° / 11°	35	6.7	11.2	7.7
May	21° / 8°	18	3.7	10.4	7.9
Jun	18° / 5°	16	3.3	9.9	7.5
Jul	18° / 4°	17	3.3	10.1	7.5
Aug	20° / 6°	22	4.3	10.8	7.6
Sep	23° / 8°	27	4.3	11.8	8.0
Oct	25° / 10°	41	7.2	12.8	7.7
Nov	26° / 12°	53	7.5	13.7	7.3
Dec	29° / 14°	57	8.2	14.1	6.4

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	78	78	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	82	82
Cloudier (%)	22	22	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	82	18

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Graaff Reinet gets around 16 mm of rain and snow over 3.3 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 13% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8

	Rain chance (%)
1	11
2	11
3	12
4	12
5	12
6	12
7	12
8	12
9	13
10	13
11	13
12	12
13	12
14	12
15	12
16	11
17	11
18	11
19	11
20	10
21	10
22	10
23	10
24	10
25	9
26	9
27	9
28	9
29	9
30	8

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in June

Winds average 11 km/h in June, the windiest month of the year.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 hours 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 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 7:18 AM to 7:28 AM, and sunset from 5:21 PM to 5:22 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28
Sunset (PM)	5:21	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	7:18	5:21
2	10.0	7:19	5:20
3	10.0	7:19	5:20
4	10.0	7:20	5:20
5	10.0	7:20	5:20
6	10.0	7:21	5:20
7	10.0	7:21	5:19
8	10.0	7:22	5:19
9	9.9	7:22	5:19
10	9.9	7:23	5:19
11	9.9	7:23	5:19
12	9.9	7:24	5:19
13	9.9	7:24	5:19
14	9.9	7:24	5:19
15	9.9	7:25	5:19
16	9.9	7:25	5:19
17	9.9	7:26	5:19
18	9.9	7:26	5:19
19	9.9	7:26	5:19
20	9.9	7:26	5:20
21	9.9	7:27	5:20
22	9.9	7:27	5:20
23	9.9	7:27	5:20
24	9.9	7:27	5:20
25	9.9	7:27	5:21
26	9.9	7:28	5:21
27	9.9	7:28	5:21
28	9.9	7:28	5:21
29	9.9	7:28	5:22
30	9.9	7:28	5:22

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 7.97 kWh/m² in December across the year — June's 3.08 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.2	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.2	Moderate
4	3.2	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.1	Moderate
12	3.1	Moderate
13	3.1	Moderate
14	3.1	Moderate
15	3.1	Moderate
16	3.1	Moderate
17	3.1	Moderate
18	3.1	Moderate
19	3.1	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.1	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.1	Moderate
29	3.1	Moderate
30	3.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Graaff Reinet?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

2.8

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

June is one of the better times to visit Graaff Reinet for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Graaff Reinet in June

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

In June, Graaff Reinet sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 3 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Graaff Reinet in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Graaff Reinet peaks around January 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 3 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	12	10	6	5	3	4	5	7	11	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	5	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	5	High
Sep	7	High
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Graaff Reinet?

Graaff Reinet sits at 32.3°S, 24.5°E, 756 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Middelburg, 96 km away.

Topography around Graaff Reinet

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Graaff Reinet has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 631 m around an average of 857 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 969 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,048 m.

The land around Graaff Reinet is covered by shrubs (49%) within 3 km, grassland (56%) and shrubs (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (79%) within 80 km.

3 km

631 m

shrubs 49%

16 km

969 m

grassland 56%

80 km

2,048 m

grassland 79%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← May Graaff Reinet year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Middelburg 96 km · Cradock 103 km · Somerset East 112 km · Beaufort West 183 km · De Aar 185 km · Kariega 186 km · Kruisfontein 196 km · Humansdorp 199 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

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 Graaff Reinet (-32.2522°, 24.5308°, elevation 756 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	19	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	19	5
11	18	5
12	18	5
13	18	5
14	18	5
15	18	5
16	18	5
17	18	5
18	18	5
19	18	5
20	18	5
21	18	5
22	18	5
23	18	5
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	4
27	18	4
28	18	4
29	18	4
30	18	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	11
2	11
3	12
4	12
5	12
6	12
7	12
8	12
9	13
10	13
11	13
12	12
13	12
14	12
15	12
16	11
17	11
18	11
19	11
20	10
21	10
22	10
23	10
24	10
25	9
26	9
27	9
28	9
29	9
30	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	19	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	19	5
11	18	5
12	18	5
13	18	5
14	18	5
15	18	5
16	18	5
17	18	5
18	18	5
19	18	5
20	18	5
21	18	5
22	18	5
23	18	5
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	4
27	18	4
28	18	4
29	18	4
30	18	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	11
2	11
3	12
4	12
5	12
6	12
7	12
8	12
9	13
10	13
11	13
12	12
13	12
14	12
15	12
16	11
17	11
18	11
19	11
20	10
21	10
22	10
23	10
24	10
25	9
26	9
27	9
28	9
29	9
30	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	19	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	19	5
11	18	5
12	18	5
13	18	5
14	18	5
15	18	5
16	18	5
17	18	5
18	18	5
19	18	5
20	18	5
21	18	5
22	18	5
23	18	5
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	4
27	18	4
28	18	4
29	18	4
30	18	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	11
2	11
3	12
4	12
5	12
6	12
7	12
8	12
9	13
10	13
11	13
12	12
13	12
14	12
15	12
16	11
17	11
18	11
19	11
20	10
21	10
22	10
23	10
24	10
25	9
26	9
27	9
28	9
29	9
30	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100