Parys weather in June

In June, Parys sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 10 mm of rain across 1.6 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-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 84% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of June to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Parys's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Parys's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 10 mm; 1.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 7:01 AM – 5:20 PM
Cloud cover: 16%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.1; out of 10

Parys is town in Free State, South Africa.

Density: 2,168/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1882

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 19°C through the month.

A typical June day in Parys 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 15°C and 22°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)	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How June really feels in Parys

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Parys weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 17°	120	15.6	13.5	5.5
Feb	27° / 17°	95	12.9	13	6.1
Mar	26° / 15°	80	11.5	12.2	6.7
Apr	24° / 11°	41	6.9	11.4	7.8
May	22° / 7°	20	3.3	10.7	8.3
Jun	19° / 3°	10	1.6	10.3	8.1
Jul	19° / 3°	5	0.9	10.5	8.3
Aug	22° / 6°	14	2.2	11.1	8.7
Sep	26° / 11°	19	3.4	11.8	8.4
Oct	27° / 13°	73	10.2	12.6	6.9
Nov	27° / 15°	94	12.7	13.3	6.2
Dec	28° / 16°	129	16.6	13.7	5.4

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%.

	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 (%)	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	91	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	91
Cloudier (%)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	88	12
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	92	8
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	91	9

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Parys gets around 10 mm of rain over 1.6 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 5% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4

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

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 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.

	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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of June to 10 h 18 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 6:55 AM to 7:04 AM, and sunset from 5:21 PM to 5:23 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)	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04
Sunset (PM)	5:21	5:21	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	6:55	5:21
2	10.4	6:55	5:21
3	10.4	6:56	5:20
4	10.4	6:56	5:20
5	10.4	6:57	5:20
6	10.4	6:57	5:20
7	10.4	6:57	5:20
8	10.4	6:58	5:20
9	10.4	6:58	5:20
10	10.3	6:59	5:20
11	10.3	6:59	5:20
12	10.3	6:59	5:20
13	10.3	7:00	5:20
14	10.3	7:00	5:20
15	10.3	7:01	5:20
16	10.3	7:01	5:20
17	10.3	7:01	5:20
18	10.3	7:01	5:20
19	10.3	7:02	5:20
20	10.3	7:02	5:20
21	10.3	7:02	5:21
22	10.3	7:03	5:21
23	10.3	7:03	5:21
24	10.3	7:03	5:21
25	10.3	7:03	5:22
26	10.3	7:03	5:22
27	10.3	7:03	5:22
28	10.3	7:03	5:22
29	10.3	7:04	5:23
30	10.3	7:04	5:23

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 3.83 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.83 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in December across the year — June's 3.83 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)	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8
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	4.0	Moderate
2	4.0	Moderate
3	4.0	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.8	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.8	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Parys

In seasonPeak

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

Parys's rainy season runs October–March, 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 Parys?

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

3.3

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Parys in June

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

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

a warm layer

UV index in Parys in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Parys peaks around January 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 5 (high).

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)	15	13	12	8	6	5	5	7	9	10	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	High
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Parys in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Parys is worst in July — around 103 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.4× the cleanest month (January, 24 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	24	32	48	64	88	100	103	83	65	44	31	25
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	32	Moderate
Mar	48	Poor
Apr	64	Unhealthy
May	88	Unhealthy
Jun	100	Unhealthy
Jul	103	Unhealthy
Aug	83	Unhealthy
Sep	65	Unhealthy
Oct	44	Poor
Nov	31	Moderate
Dec	25	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Parys?

Parys sits at 26.9°S, 27.5°E, 1,398 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Vredefort, 15 km away.

Topography around Parys

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Parys has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 1,396 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 366 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 559 m.

The land around Parys is covered by grassland (38%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (57%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

100 m

grassland 38%

16 km

366 m

grassland 57%

80 km

559 m

grassland 57%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

June weather nearby: Vredefort 15 km · Sasolburg 37 km · Koppies 39 km · Potchefstroom 41 km · Vanderbijlpark 43 km · Fochville 46 km · Vereeniging 53 km · Evaton 57 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 Parys (-26.9033°, 27.4573°, elevation 1,398 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	20	4
2	20	4
3	20	4
4	20	4
5	19	4
6	19	4
7	19	4
8	19	4
9	19	4
10	19	3
11	19	3
12	19	3
13	19	3
14	19	3
15	19	3
16	19	3
17	19	3
18	19	3
19	19	3
20	19	3
21	19	3
22	19	3
23	19	3
24	19	3
25	19	3
26	18	3
27	18	3
28	18	3
29	18	3
30	18	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	88	12
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	92	8
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	91	9

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	88	12
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	92	8
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	91	9

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	88	12
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	92	8
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	91	9

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

	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