Weekly note

South Africa in August

4 of the 4 destinations in South Africa are in season in August: 0 a sweet spot, 4 good, 0 ok.

None of these has August as a sweet spot; the 4 labelled good are the best of the month: Kruger National Park, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.

Ranked for August

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Why
1 Kruger National Park good 28° 1d 28C max, 1 rainy day
2 Johannesburg good 21° 1d 21C max, 1 rainy day
3 Cape Town good 18° 7d 18C max, 7 rainy days
4 Durban goodbusy 23° 4d busier than usual

Other months for South Africa

August elsewhere

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about South Africa as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.