Cradock Temperature by Month
Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa has an average annual maximum temperature of 25°C (77°F), ranging from 18°C (64°F) in July to 30°C (86°F) in January. Below you'll find a full monthly breakdown and a comparison with cities worldwide.
Cradock Monthly Temperatures
The climate in Cradock is dynamic, ranging widely from pleasant in winter to comfortable in summer. Nights are significantly colder, with lows dropping from 16°C (61°F) in January to 4°C (39°F) in July.
The chart below illustrates the average maximum day and minimum night temperatures in Cradock by month:
Temperatures tend to bottom out between 4 AM and 6 AM, then climb to their daily peak around 3 PM.
The chart below shows the average temperature throughout the year:
Temperature: Cradock vs South Africa
The map below shows the annual temperature across South Africa. You can also select individual months if you want to compare a specific time of year.
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Cradock vs World: Temperature Compared
Cradock's average annual maximum temperature is 25°C (77°F). To put that in context, here's how it compares to a few well-known destinations:
Seville, Spain averages 23°C (73°F) a year — one of the warmer cities in Western Europe, with long hot summers.
Reykjavík, Iceland averages 9°C (48°F) a year — mild summers by Icelandic standards, but cold winters and frequent wind.
Chicago, USA averages 15°C (59°F) annually — known for extreme seasonal swings, from bitterly cold winters to warm summers.
Melbourne, Australia averages 20°C (68°F) annually — known for unpredictable weather, with four seasons sometimes happening in one day.
Climate temperature data is typically calculated as a 30-year average. This smooths out year-to-year variability and gives a more reliable picture of what a place is actually like, rather than what happened in any single unusual year.
The readings come from a range of sources — land-based weather stations, ocean buoys, ships, and satellites. That data is collected by weather services around the world, then pooled, quality-checked, and averaged to produce the climate records you see here.
Seasonal temperature shifts influence more than just how warm it feels — they also drive changes in rainfall, cloud cover, and wind patterns throughout the year.
Warmer air holds more moisture, which tends to mean heavier or more frequent rain during the warmer months. When temperatures drop in winter, any precipitation that does fall is more likely to come as snow or sleet, though in Cradock this rarely lasts long on the ground.
For more on Cradock's weather — including monthly rainfall, sunshine hours, and humidity — visit our Cradock climate page.
