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Mean temperature, yearly, average over the country's land area (World Bank climate portal, CRU TS): South Africa

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Africa is 18.90 degrees Celsius for 2025, from World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal.

Source series · Listed tier · Environment · Annual · degrees Celsius · WB.L.CLIMATE.TEMP.A · ZAF

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Latest
18.90
degrees Celsius · 2025
Previous
18.99
degrees Celsius · 2024
Oldest shown
16.62
degrees Celsius · 1906
Readings shown
120
Newest readings; the full history is in the API

South Africa · history

degrees Celsius · Annual

Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal. Viewer read 2026-11-13T04:18:52.556Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Mean temperature, yearly, average over the country's land area (World Bank climate portal, CRU TS): South Africa: 120 readings, newest first. Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal.
PeriodValue (degrees Celsius)
202518.90
202418.99
202318.58
202218.42
202118.07
202018.45
201919.23
201818.62
201718.50
201618.99
201518.88
201418.43
201318.24
201218.14
201117.94
201018.61
200918.29
200818.37
200718.24
200617.92
200518.47
200418.50
200318.21
200217.86
200117.81
200017.47
199918.51
199818.21
199717.70
199617.36
199517.90
199417.59
199318.28
199218.37
199117.75
199017.81
198917.49
198817.65
198718.18
198618.10
198518.16
198418.08
198318.28
198217.75
198117.10
198017.60
197917.82
197817.41
197717.61
197616.89
197517.10
197417.06
197317.55
197217.60
197117.26
197017.66
196917.65
196816.94
196717.13
196617.69
196517.32
196417.21
196317.36
196217.67
196117.48
196017.46
195917.37
195817.58
195717.51
195617.07
195516.49
195416.99
195317.17
195217.54
195117.05
195017.47
194917.69
194817.38
194717.67
194617.68
194517.68
194417.52
194316.77
194217.48
194117.76
194017.54
193917.25
193817.43
193717.48
193617.20
193516.90
193417.67
193317.56
193217.68
193117.50
193017.16
192917.26
192817.25
192717.52
192617.11
192517.10
192416.79
192317.31
192217.26
192116.78
192017.23
191917.17
191816.89
191716.72
191617.06
191517.11
191417.26
191317.23
191217.11
191116.86
191016.63
190916.87
190816.72
190716.49
190616.62

Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal. Newest 120 readings shown, 1906 to 2025. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, from CRU TS (University of East Anglia), CC BY 4.0.

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