Best Time To Visit Johannesburg

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Mar - May, Sep - Nov
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Weather in Johannesburg

  • Sun, Jun 30 2024

    16.46ºC | 6.85ºC

    Clear from morning to night

    43.43% Humidity

  • Mon, Jul 01 2024

    17.43ºC | 9.56ºC

    Clear from morning to night

    33.25% Humidity

  • Tue, Jul 02 2024

    17.13ºC | 9.6ºC

    Clear in morning , evening and night and clouds in afternoon

    37.75% Humidity

  • Wed, Jul 03 2024

    18.83ºC | 10.68ºC

    Clear from morning to night

    36.38% Humidity

  • Thu, Jul 04 2024

    17.18ºC | 9.77ºC

    Clear from morning to night

    21.13% Humidity

  • Fri, Jul 05 2024

    8.19ºC | 8.19ºC

    Clear from morning to night

    25.0% Humidity

Best Time To Visit Johannesburg

Plan your trip during best season to experience the best of this stunning destination

Johannesburg is a city with a pleasant subtropical highland climate, thanks to its location on the Highveld Plateau, which means you can pay a visit to this lovely South African city at any time of the year. But if one must be specific, the winter months from May to September is perfect with dry and sunny mornings and cool nights. Located in the southern hemisphere, Johannesburg and the rest of South Africa experience the seasons as opposed to its North African counterparts. If you are coming from India, or any other country from the northern hemisphere, expect to find the polar kind of Johannesburg climate than your place. The best time to visit Johannesburg is from March to May and from September to November.

Johannesburg during March-May

March to May is the autumn season in Johannesburg, which means the airfares and hotel prices drop after a busy summer, and makes space for a visiting the city in a budget. Since Johannesburg has a reasonable climate all year long, there will be no problem with the attractions or activities. The only thing you will need to do is to pack a couple of woollens, as Johannesburg gets ready for a long and dry winter. Considering the weather and slashed prices together, this is the best time to travel to Johannesburg.

Johannesburg during June-August

Weather in Johannesburg in June is dry and chilly, and for those who love to travel in this type of wintry climate will absolutely love it. During the daytime, the temperature stays around 10°-15°C and can go down to 4°-5°C at night, but none of it will be unbearable. Moreover, you will get little to no precipitation or humidity at all. Jo’burg winters are very dry, and instead of umbrellas and raincoats, carry warm clothes and denser body lotions to keep your skin from cracking.

Johannesburg during September-November

From September to November, Johannesburg experiences a lovely spring with ideal temperatures. Johannesburg weather in September is when you still get the lingering leftover chill from winter, but the humidity of summer and the sudden torrential rains have not started yet, which makes the Johannesburg weather of this time perfect for a visit. The prices are not as low as autumn, but it is still very much pocket-friendly during this time.

Johannesburg during December-February

This is when Johannesburg sees the most crowd as summer time is busiest in any tourist destination. With all the schools off and summer holidays going on, the streets and attractions of Johannesburg are packed with tourists. You can certainly visit the place, as the temperature will be quite pleasant ranging from the 20s to 30s (°C). The cons are long queues almost everywhere and sudden heavy showers, making long stays outdoor a bit difficult. The temperature in Johannesburg from November to February is the hottest.

Climate in Johannesburg

Summer Season in Johannesburg

Summers in Johannesburg are characterised with quite a lot of precipitation and spiking rates of airfare and accommodation. This being the peak season, the demand is high, and you will need to book the tickets and hotels well in advance to get the ones of your choice or get one at all.

Monsoon Season in Johannesburg

The rains in Johannesburg collide with the warm season months. November to February gets the highest amount of precipitation, and it is always best to carry an umbrella while visiting during this season. The afternoons get a sudden downpour, but it does not linger for long periods at a time.

Winter Season in Johannesburg

Winter in Johannesburg is dry and moderately pleasant, and a good time to visit in a tight budget. With the summer crowd gone by the end of March, you get to Johannesburg exactly as it is, without the sudden rains and heavy crowds.

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Guru's 10 days trip to Johannesburg

The trip was well organized and the local drivers and guide allocated for our trip were very professional. The coordination by Travel triangle was flawless and had a great user experience. I will recommend to all my friends to utilize the services

Guru Bangalore

S's 5 days trip to Johannesburg

The team at TravelLykke have been very professional in their approach right through. They have been very patient and understanding of the requirements and accommodative to all kinds of doubts and queries and options too. Fairly transparent in the dealings and have a good set of on-ground contacts in S Africa who too have been professional and on time without delays and exceptions. A suggestion: there were some legs where we were informed we need to take Uber (to & fro Robben Island & Table Top Mountain). For the kind of spends done by us (Rs 3 Lakhs +) overall, it would have been helpful if these too could have been accommodated in the package. It is the nuisance value of having to book, wait etc. Also more minute detailing of the Full day Cape Peninsula tour could have been share earlier - we got it on landing from the local guide and it was very educative. Why not share this ahead of time? Some travel agencies give a backpack or travel kit (the amount of Rs 3 Lakhs is HUGE) with your branding. In this case it is singularly absent. Wonder why? We stayed in 3 hotels - Emerald Guest house in Johannesburg (Rating Poor to Good only); Kruger Park Adventure Lodge ( Excellent); Holiday Inn Express at Cape Town (Excellent).

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Mayankmaki's 9 days trip to Johannesburg

The trip was very well organised and all our requirements were met. We had issues due to flight delays and we were late for one tour, our travel planner Mrs Prerna was very helpful and proactive to adjust the tours to accommodate everything. From last minute hotel booking to providing rental car , she was quick to respond and also regular reminders before trips to ensure smooth communication between us and South African operators. Would surely recommend their services The views with clouds sliding in all around the mountains and ocean at the cape point during the cape peninsula tour.

Mayankmaki Mumbai

Chinthabinoy's 4 days trip to Johannesburg

We had an amazing time at SA. Prerna ( Offbeat trippers) arranged everything as per our request.

Chinthabinoy

Rajani's 7 days trip to Johannesburg

We had an amazing trip to South Africa. We would like to thank Mr. Inderjit from Flyocity for planning our itinerary and being available for resolving all queries. We had no problems in a foreign country.

Rajani Damani Guwahati

Jennifer's 11 days trip to Johannesburg

Plan your destinations efficiently arranged a wonderful trip to South Africa and Seychelles.We had in total 12 days travel itinerary. Accommodation, food, intercity transfers,sight seeing were well arranged. No blunders at all. Highly recommend their services for these destinations. Well planned by Sandeep.

Jennifer B Mumbai

Aniruddha's 9 days trip to Johannesburg

We had an amazing trip to South Africa. It is a beautiful country to visit with very hospitable people around. Everything went well without any hiccups. The hotels, cab drivers and other details were well planned by Nikhil from Besten/MK Holidays, special thanks to him. Some elements which can be improved were the visits planned during our stay at Knysna as they were quite some distance away from our hotel. Will definitely recommend Travel Triangle to others for planning their trips.

Aniruddha Jasu Ashburn

Sonaleeka's 6 days trip to Johannesburg

Its good ..but i did not had same experience as travel factory they used to provide us our day activity one day ahead.but hear besten tour everything is clumsy and messy every time we have to call our agent to get the details through out the tour.and some othe place we have to pay from our pocket even after paying for the pacakge. We had a very bad experience with besten tour.Half of things which promised not taked care by the vendor.We paid extra from our pocket for some of the tickets (activity) even after paying the complete amont..vendor promised he will pay us back..but we are still chasing behind him.This is the worst experience I ever had...I will never reccomend any one neither nor besten tour..learn something from travel factory

Sonaleeka Dash Bangalore

Rajesh's 11 days trip to Johannesburg

Was a unique experience in the game safari and capetown. Sandeep was extremely help and was always reachable. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience.

Rajesh Kazankodath Pune

Yanshuk's 8 days trip to Johannesburg

everything went very well as planned. hotels were awesome their locations, clean, services & all (except soho hotel in sun city. service was not goodas well as room was not as per expectation). overall trip was awesome. A big thanks to our travel agent Mr. Inderjit (flyocity trip planners pvt. ltd.) & travel triangle....

Yanshuk Sharma New delhi

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