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High: 30° · Low: 19° · Feels like 27°
Set on the Highveld plateau at about 1,750m, Johannesburg has a mild subtropical highland climate with Southern Hemisphere seasons. Summers (October–April) are warm at 22–28°C by day and marked by afternoon thunderstorms that deliver most of the year's rain. Winters (May–August) are dry, sunny and pleasant during the day at around 16–18°C, but nights turn cold, sometimes dipping below 0°C with frost, although snow is extremely rare.
Rain falls in summer, from October to April, mostly as short but intense afternoon thunderstorms that sometimes bring hail.
Winter days are dry and sunny, a comfortable 16–18°C, but nights get very cold and can drop below 0°C with frost, even though snow almost never falls.
Extremely rarely, only a handful of times a century. Winters bring nighttime frost, but days are typically sunny, mild and dry.
The shoulder months of September–October and March–April are very pleasant, with warm days and less rain than peak summer, ideal for outdoor sightseeing.
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