Kimberley weather in June

In June, Kimberley sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 12 mm of rain across 1.9 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of June to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Kimberley's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kimberley's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Rainfall
12 mm
1.9 wet days
Daylight
10 h 12 min
7:16 AM – 5:27 PM
Cloud cover
19%
3rd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
3.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.1
out of 10

Kimberley is city in the Northern Cape, South Africa.

Density
1,572/km²
people per km²
Founded
1873

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 19°C through the month.

A typical June day in Kimberley reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 23°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)
1205
2205
3204
4204
5204
6204
7204
8204
9194
10194
11194
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13193
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How June really feels in Kimberley

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 7 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
7
wind chill below the day's low

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

Kimberley weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 19°7911.413.63.9
Feb32° / 19°6310.4134.3
Mar30° / 17°6310.112.25.6
Apr26° / 12°416.411.37.7
May23° / 18310.68.6
Jun19° / 121.910.28.1
Jul19° / 5110.48.4
Aug22° / 101.7118.8
Sep26° / 10°132.511.88.4
Oct29° / 13°335.812.76.4
Nov31° / 16°557.813.45.2
Dec33° / 18°619.513.84.0

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 11%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18614
28614
38614
48614
58614
68713
78713
88713
98713
108713
118713
128812
138812
148812
158911
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179010
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23919
24928
25928
26928
27928
28928
29928
30928

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Kimberley gets around 12 mm of rain over 1.9 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 6% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
16
26
36
47
57
67
77
87
97
107
117
127
137
147
156
166
176
186
196
206
216
226
235
245
255
265
275
284
294
304

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
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4100
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15100
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20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100

Wind in June

Winds average 10 km/h in June.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
610calm
710calm
810calm
910calm
1010calm
1110calm
1210calm
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of June to 10 h 12 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 7:09 AM to 7:19 AM, and sunset from 5:28 PM to 5:30 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.37:095:28
210.37:105:27
310.37:105:27
410.37:115:27
510.37:115:27
610.27:125:27
710.27:125:27
810.27:135:27
910.27:135:26
1010.27:145:26
1110.27:145:26
1210.27:145:26
1310.27:155:26
1410.27:155:26
1510.27:155:27
1610.27:165:27
1710.27:165:27
1810.27:165:27
1910.27:175:27
2010.27:175:27
2110.27:175:27
2210.27:175:27
2310.27:185:28
2410.27:185:28
2510.27:185:28
2610.27:185:28
2710.27:185:29
2810.27:185:29
2910.27:195:29
3010.27:195:30

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 3.62 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.62 kWh/m² to a high of 7.94 kWh/m² in December across the year — June's 3.62 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.8Moderate
23.8Moderate
33.7Moderate
43.7Moderate
53.7Moderate
63.7Moderate
73.7Moderate
83.6Moderate
93.6Moderate
103.6Moderate
113.6Moderate
123.6Moderate
133.6Moderate
143.6Moderate
153.6Moderate
163.6Moderate
173.6Moderate
183.6Moderate
193.6Moderate
203.6Moderate
213.6Moderate
223.6Moderate
233.6Moderate
243.6Moderate
253.6Moderate
263.6Moderate
273.6Moderate
283.6Moderate
293.6Moderate
303.7Moderate
Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Kimberley?

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

8.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kimberley in June

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

In June, Kimberley sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Kimberley 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 Kimberley peaks around January 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 14UV 15Jun 20UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr8Very high
May6High
Jun4Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug7High
Sep9Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Kimberley?

Kimberley sits at 28.7°S, 24.8°E, 1,224 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Warrenton, 69 km away.

Winnie Mandela

Topography around Kimberley

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kimberley has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 104 m around an average of 1,215 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 433 m.

The land around Kimberley is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) and shrubs (22%) within 3 km, grassland (76%) within 16 km, and grassland (72%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
104 m
16 km
184 m
80 km
433 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
June weather nearby: Warrenton 69 km · Christiana 99 km · Pampierstad 106 km · Bultfontein 144 km · Bloemhof 146 km · Bloemfontein 148 km · Hoopstad 150 km · Winnie Mandela 165 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 Kimberley (-28.7323°, 24.7623°, elevation 1,224 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).