The climate of Gqeberha
Cfa Humid subtropical. Hot, humid summers and mild winters, with rain all year. No dry season. Summers are hot and sticky, winters are mild, and thunderstorms are common in the warm months.
Gqeberha is south of the equator, so its seasons run the opposite way to those in Europe: summer falls in December to February and winter in June to August. The 1901 to 1930 map put Gqeberha in Cfb (temperate oceanic), so its zone is different from a century ago.
Gqeberha: then, now and by 2100
| Map | Climate zone | Compared with now |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 to 1930 | Cfb Temperate oceanic | Different from now |
| 1991 to 2020 (now) | Cfa Humid subtropical | - |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP1-2.6 (low emissions) | BSh Hot semi-arid (steppe) | Different from now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP2-4.5 (middle of the road) | BSh Hot semi-arid (steppe) | Different from now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP5-8.5 (high emissions) | BSh Hot semi-arid (steppe) | Different from now |
The 2071 to 2099 rows are model projections under three emissions scenarios, not forecasts. The 1901 to 1930 row is a reconstruction. All come from Beck et al. (2023).
Under the middle-of-the-road scenario (SSP2-4.5), the model puts Gqeberha in BSh (hot semi-arid (steppe)) in 2071 to 2099, instead of Cfa now. Under the high-emissions scenario (SSP5-8.5) it is BSh (hot semi-arid (steppe)).
Cities with the same climate as Gqeberha
Other big cities that are Cfa (humid subtropical) in 1991 to 2020, at most two per country:
- Shanghai, China
- Chongqing, China
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Tokyo, Japan
- New York City, United States
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Sydney, Australia
- New Taipei City, Taiwan
Where Gqeberha's future climate exists today
In the SSP2-4.5 map for 2071 to 2099, Gqeberha is BSh. These cities are BSh in 1991 to 2020, so they give a rough idea of the future climate (the real conditions would differ in many ways).
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Population of Gqeberha from GeoNames: 1,050,078 (rank 528 in our list of 1,000). Climate data: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0. Data sources and licences.