South Africa enjoys three general climatic zones: The Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the rest of the country. The Western Cape enjoys a typically Mediterranean climate, i.e. cold wet winters and warm dry summers.

The warmest and driest time to visit is January to March, with the wettest months July & August. In winter you can get balmy warm and stunning crystal clear sunny days between the cold fronts.

KwaZulu-Natal, lies in the sub-tropics and enjoys a much warmer climate which ensures hot, humid and wetter summers and warmish and drier winters, though at night time it can get quite cool.

Inland, it can be as warm and humid, but nearer to the stunning Drakensberg Mountains, the winter months can bring sunny days, crisp and freezing nights with the peaks covered in snow.

During the summer months (February – March), the Northern KwaZulu Natal coast and Zululand area can be prone to cyclonic rainfall.

The Inland areas which include the Northern Cape, North West, Limpopo, Gauteng (Johannesburg and Pretoria) as well as the Lowveld experience hot wet summers and warm dry winters.

Night time temperatures in winter months can plummet to freezing. The rainfall in the summer months tends to come in the form of dramatic and spectacular afternoon thunder showers.

The ever popular Garden Route, starts off with typical cape weather patterns and as you head further east, you enter into a more typical KwaZulu-Natal type climate, though not as extreme in terms of the humidity.

South Africa can be visited all year round with sunshine always found somewhere within the borders of this beautifully natural diverse landscape.