Pretoria
South AfricaCwa
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About
Pretoria is the administrative capital of South Africa, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to the country.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pretoria, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Pretoria
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
21° / 10°
UV Moderate
Sat
Partly cloudy
22° / 12°
UV Moderate
Sun
Overcast
20° / 10°
UV Moderate
Mon
Overcast
20° / 11°
UV Moderate
Tue
Partly cloudy
19° / 11°
UV Moderate
Wed
Partly cloudy
21° / 9°
UV Moderate
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
32° / -2°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
10.9h
06:36 – 17:29local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Pretoria
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Lanseria International Airport (HLA) at 34 km.
Getting around Pretoria
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Lucas Larson.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.