20 Places With Weather Like Orkney
With highs from 68°F (20°C) to 86°F (30°C) and 21 in (526 mm) of rain a year, Orkney, South Africa has hot summers and cool winters. These 20 cities have the closest month-by-month highs, lows, rain, humidity and sunshine of any with 25,000+ people, with seasons lined up across hemispheres. The closest match is Kroonstad, South Africa at 99%, and 2 of the 20 are outside South Africa.
The 20 closest climates
- 🇿🇦KroonstadFree State, South Africa · Pop. 117k99%matchSame summer highsSame winter lowsOrkney vs Kroonstad →
- 🇿🇦WelkomFree State, South Africa · Pop. 432k99%matchSame winter lowsSame summer highsOrkney vs Welkom →
- 🇿🇦ParysFree State, South Africa · Pop. 71k99%matchSame winter lowsSimilar rainfallOrkney vs Parys →
- 🇿🇦LichtenburgNorth West, South Africa · Pop. 66k99%matchSame winter lowsSame sunshineOrkney vs Lichtenburg →
- 🇿🇦VentersdorpNorth West, South Africa · Pop. 26k99%matchSame winter lowsSame sunshineOrkney vs Ventersdorp →
- 🇿🇦MafikengNorth West, South Africa · Pop. 77k98%matchSame summer highsSame humidityOrkney vs Mafikeng →
- 🇿🇦BloemhofNorth West, South Africa · Pop. 33k98%matchSame humiditySame sunshineOrkney vs Bloemhof →
- 🇿🇦CarletonvilleGauteng, South Africa · Pop. 182k97%matchSame sunshineSimilar rainfallOrkney vs Carletonville →
- 🇿🇦Schweizer-RenekeNorth West, South Africa · Pop. 70k97%matchSame summer highsSame humidityOrkney vs Schweizer-Reneke →
- 🇿🇦RustenburgNorth West, South Africa · Pop. 374k97%matchSame summer highsSame sunshineOrkney vs Rustenburg →
- 🇿🇦TheunissenFree State, South Africa · Pop. 35k96%matchSame summer highsSame humidityOrkney vs Theunissen →
- 🇿🇦EvatonGauteng, South Africa · Pop. 725k95%matchSimilar rainfallSame sunshineOrkney vs Evaton →
- 🇧🇼LobatseBotswana · Pop. 30k95%matchSame summer highsSame sunshineOrkney vs Lobatse →
- 🇿🇦VryburgNorth West, South Africa · Pop. 56k94%matchSame winter lowsSame humidityOrkney vs Vryburg →
- 🇿🇦ChristianaNorth West, South Africa · Pop. 25k94%matchSame winter lowsSame sunshineOrkney vs Christiana →
- 🇿🇦PretoriaGauteng, South Africa · Pop. 2.1M94%matchSame summer highsMilder wintersOrkney vs Pretoria →
- 🇧🇼KanyeNgwaketsi, Botswana · Pop. 48k92%matchSame summer highsSame humidityOrkney vs Kanye →
- 🇿🇦SoshanguveGauteng, South Africa · Pop. 872k92%matchSame summer highsSame sunshineOrkney vs Soshanguve →
- 🇿🇦SenekalFree State, South Africa · Pop. 40k92%matchSame summer highsSimilar rainfallOrkney vs Senekal →
- 🇿🇦HeilbronFree State, South Africa · Pop. 33k91%matchSimilar rainfallColder wintersOrkney vs Heilbron →
↻ = seasons flipped: a city across the equator is compared six months apart, so its January lines up with Orkney's July.
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Like Orkney, but…
Like Orkney, but warmer
See more →- 🇿🇦MafikengNorth West, South Africa · Pop. 77k95%matchSame summer highsSame humidityOrkney vs Mafikeng →
- 🇧🇼GaboroneBotswana · Pop. 246k94%matchSame humiditySame sunshineOrkney vs Gaborone →
- 🇧🇼MolepololeKweneng, Botswana · Pop. 75k93%matchSame humiditySame sunshineOrkney vs Molepolole →
- 🇿🇦ThabazimbiLimpopo, South Africa · Pop. 35k93%matchSame sunshineSimilar rainfallOrkney vs Thabazimbi →
- 🇿🇦HammanskraalNorth West, South Africa · Pop. 113k92%matchSame summer highsSimilar rainfallOrkney vs Hammanskraal →
Like Orkney, but drier
See more →- 🇧🇼KanyeNgwaketsi, Botswana · Pop. 48k96%matchSame summer highsSame humidityOrkney vs Kanye →
- 🇿🇦VryburgNorth West, South Africa · Pop. 56k94%matchSame winter lowsSame humidityOrkney vs Vryburg →
- 🇿🇦ChristianaNorth West, South Africa · Pop. 25k93%matchSame winter lowsSame sunshineOrkney vs Christiana →
- 🇧🇼RamotswaSouth-East, Botswana · Pop. 33k87%matchSame humiditySame sunshineOrkney vs Ramotswa →
- 🇧🇼MolepololeKweneng, Botswana · Pop. 75k86%matchSame humiditySame sunshineOrkney vs Molepolole →
Like Orkney, but sunnier
See more →- 🇿🇦PostmasburgNorthern Cape, South Africa · Pop. 30k65%matchHotter summersDrier summersOrkney vs Postmasburg →
- 🇳🇦OkahandjaOtjozondjupa Region, Namibia · Pop. 27k26%matchMilder wintersHotter summersOrkney vs Okahandja →
- 🇳🇦RehobothHardap Region, Namibia · Pop. 34k23%matchDrier overallLess humidOrkney vs Rehoboth →
- 🇪🇷Asmara↻Seasons flipped. Maekel, Eritrea · Pop. 564k23%matchSimilar rainfallMilder wintersOrkney vs Asmara →
- 🇿🇦UpingtonNorthern Cape, South Africa · Pop. 71k22%matchHotter summersDrier summersOrkney vs Upington →