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The climate of Richardsbay (South Africa)
Richardsbay is located on South Africa’s east coast in the KwaZoeloe-Natal province. Richardsbay is South Africa’s largest port. This port has an export coal terminal. Together with Empangeni, Esikhawini, Vulindlela Feliston, Nseleni & Ngwelezane Richardsbay forms the city of uMhlathuze River. Richardsbay is very popular with tourists, mainly because of the large numbers of wild animals that live here. In and around the city about 300 species live. Off the coast dolphins and whales can be spotted. Many kite boarders and surfers come here to enjoy the wind.
Richardsbay has a warm sea climate. The Benguela Current comes from Antarctica and makes its way through the South Sea along Richardsbay and then travels on in the direction of Angola. The Benguela Current is responsible for more precipitation than in other parts of South Africa. Summers are pleasantly warm which makes it pleasant to slumber on the beach. During the winter months temperatures are lower, but it doesn’t ever really get cold.

 

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for Richardsbay:

average
 maximum
temperature (°C)

average
minimum

temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine

per
day
average days with precipitation
per month
average
mm
precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January 29 21 8 12 26
February 29 21 9 12 26
March 29 20 9 20 26
April 27 18 9 8 25
May 25 15 9 7 24
June 23 12 9 6 23
July 23 12 8 6 22
August 24 14 7 7 22
September 25 16 8 9 22
October 27 17 8 12 22
November 29 19 9 13 24
December 29 20 9 11 25
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm
= 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:
 

chance of
(very) hot

weather

chance of
(very) cool
weather
chance of
long-term

precipitation
chance of
hurricanes
(cyclones)
chance of
sunny days

UV-index

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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