Soshanguve is bathed in sunshine — 311 sunny days a year. Summers are intensely hot — air conditioning is essential. On the other hand, air quality is a concern.
Soshanguve, South Africa is a 1.5M-resident city with 311 sunny days and 0 frost days annually and an annual PM2.5 of 37.8 µg/m³. A city in South Africa.
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Monthly climate metrics across temperature, precipitation, wind, and UV.
| Metric | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | |||||||||||||
| Daily high°C | 31 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 28 |
| Daily mean°C | 25 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 22 |
| Daily low°C | 21 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 15 |
| Thermal comfort | |||||||||||||
| High feelsDaily high feels-like°C | 35 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 32 |
| Mean feelsDaily mean feels-like°C | 29 | 28 | 27 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 24 |
| Low feelsDaily low feels-like°C | 19 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 11 |
| Humidity | |||||||||||||
| HumidityRelative humidity% | 58 | 54 | 54 | 57 | 40 | 41 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 40 | 48 | 59 | 45 |
| Dewpoint°C | 16.5 | 15.7 | 14.0 | 11.6 | 5.0 | 2.0 | -3.0 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 9.0 | 13.3 | 16.0 | 8.9 |
| Precipitation | |||||||||||||
| Rainfallmm | 92 | 63 | 41 | 75 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 58 | 92 | 482 |
| Rain days≥1mm | 16 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 75 |
| Wind | |||||||||||||
| Wind avgm/s | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| Wind gustsm/s | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| Sun & UV | |||||||||||||
| Sunshinehrs/day | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.1 |
| Clear skyindex | 46% | 53% | 64% | 64% | 81% | 83% | 72% | 85% | 79% | 68% | 62% | 51% | 67% |
| UV indexmax avg | 11.7 | 11.4 | 9.6 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 8.7 |
Soshanguve offers a solid outdoor season. Dinner outside is comfortable 8/12 months — impressive, while lunch outside is comfortable 8/12 months — impressive.
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Air Quality
Soshanguve reports an annual PM2.5 of 37.8 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
Soshanguve reports an annual PM2.5 of 37.8 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
PM2.5 annual average of 37.8 µg/m³ exceeds the WHO interim target of 15 µg/m³. The WHO guideline value is 5 µg/m³.
Data sources: WHO (air quality), OECD (safety).
Why not Soshanguve? Honestly, air quality is a genuine health trade-off — Soshanguve's annual PM2.5 of 37.8 µg/m³ exceeds the EU limit and WHO standards by a wide margin, with respiratory impacts documented at these levels.
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