Kruger National Park weather

What it is doing right now, what the next two weeks look like, and what each month of the year means for the game viewing.

Right now in the park

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The next two weeks

Straight from the forecast, updated when you open this page. Useful if you are packing. Not useful for choosing a month, which is what the year below is for.

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The year at a glance

Bars are rainfall, the line is the daytime high. Thirty-year averages. The green band marks the months this park is at its driest, which is when most people want to be here.

Rainfall in millimetres along the bottom. Highest month 87 mm, daytime highs from 12.0 to 31.4 degrees.

Every month, and what it means for the wildlife

The temperature tells you what to pack. The rainfall column decides what you will see.

Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days
January	31.4°C	21.3°C	87 mm	8
February	31.3°C	21.2°C	52 mm	6
March	30.7°C	20.5°C	41 mm	6
April	29.6°C	18.4°C	15 mm	2
May	26.5°C	15.1°C	13 mm	1
June prime	24.5°C	12.5°C	6 mm	1
July prime	24.3°C	12.0°C	4 mm	1
August prime	26.7°C	13.6°C	8 mm	1
September prime	29.1°C	16.1°C	12 mm	2
October	30.3°C	18.1°C	44 mm	5
November	29.8°C	19.2°C	65 mm	8
December	30.3°C	20.3°C	78 mm	8

Climate figures are Open-Meteo climate normals, 1991 to 2020, taken at -23.93, 31.46. The wildlife column is ours, from the sources on the best time to visit page. Averages hide bad years: a dry January still happens, and so does a wet July.