Winter Season In South Africa. Which is why winter is the countrys secret season. In Celtic nations such as Ireland using the Irish calendar and in Scandinavia the winter solstice is traditionally considered as midwinter with the winter season beginning 1 November on All Hallows or Samhain.
Finally winter means that the days are shorter and the sun sets earlier. The rainy season in most of the Northern regions of South Africa is in summer while the more southern region Western Cape is an area with Mediterranean climate and winter rainfall. Winter in the country lasts between mid- May all through July.
During these winter months the east of the country where the main parks are located experiences its.
Weather is quite unpredictable and strongly depends on location. Unlike Africas equatorial countries where the year is split into rainy and dry seasons South Africa does have four seasonssummer fall winter and springonly they are flipped from the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere. In most parts of the country its usually cold in the mornings and evenings and day time experiences a lot of sunlight. Johannesburg for example lies at 1753 metres 5751 ft.