South Africa has a huge and diversified landscape, which results in the country experiencing a variety of weather conditions. While the Highveld has snow-free frigid winters, high altitude places such as the Cape and Drakensberg record subzero temperatures that are optimal for snow production. As a result, seeing the tops of the Cape and Drakensberg mountains covered in snow during winter is unusual.
When does it happen? Is there snow in South Africa?
Winter lasts from June until August. Winters are typically dry and damp, with snow occurring in mountainous areas.
Where does it occur? Is there snow in South Africa?
Pretoria is covered in snow.
Pretoria is South Africa’s executive capital. During the winter, temperatures in the city can drop below 23 degrees Fahrenheit (-5 degrees Celsius). Despite its high height and freezing weather, Pretoria rarely sees snow.
Snowfall in the Western Cape
Western Cape is a South African province with a land size of 129,449 square kilometers. Snowfall is common in the Western Cape Mountains. It rarely snows in Cape Town, the country’s other capital.
Northern Cape snowfall
Sutherland in the Northern Cape, for example, receives snow for 5.2 days and accumulates up to 1.18 inches (30 millimeters) of snow.
When was the last time South Africa received snow?
On Tuesday, August 7, 2012, snow fell in all of South Africa’s provinces. People and the media went insane. With office workers dashing outside to catch snowflakes and take photos, hardly much work was accomplished across the country on this day.
Did it ever snow in Durban?
Residents in Pietermaritzburg and parts of Durban were pleasantly surprised by the snowfall that fell over the weekend. Clulow stated that, while extreme cold is frequent near the end of the season, snow and ice falling as close to the coast as it did was unusual.
What is South Africa’s coldest city?
Sutherland is a town. Sutherland, in the western Roggeveld Mountains of the Northern Cape, is the coldest place in South Africa. In the middle of winter, temperatures can dip below -15°C (5°F). The Western Cape receives no rain during the winter. Winter in Cape Town is always cold, wet, and uncomfortably windy.
