Johannesburg
Johannesburg, colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "the City of Gold", is the capital city of the province of Gauteng and the largest city in South Africa. In 2022, the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality had a population of 4,803,262, and the wider metropolitan area a population of 15,099,422, making it one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. It is also the seat of the country's highest court, the Constitutional Court. Situated on the mineral-rich Witwatersrand, the city has long been at the epicentre of the international mineral and gold trade. The richest city in Africa by GDP and private wealth, Johannesburg functions as the economic capital of South Africa and is home to the continent's largest stock exchange, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
- Country
- 🇿🇦 Sudáfrica
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Population
- 9,418,183
- Time zone
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Coordinates
- -26.20, 28.04
Weather in Johannesburg month by month
The best months to go: May · Jun · Jul
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 39° | 35° | 34° | 31° | 29° | 25° | 26° | 30° | 33° | 37° | 37° | 37° |
| low | 7° | 9° | 6° | 1° | -4° | -5° | -4° | -4° | -1° | 3° | 5° | 7° |
| rain | 122 mm | 81 mm | 73 mm | 43 mm | 16 mm | 7 mm | 3 mm | 7 mm | 16 mm | 57 mm | 89 mm | 127 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Johannesburg is from other cities in Sudáfrica
- Randburg13 km✈ 46 min · 🚗 13 min
- Roodepoort18 km✈ 46 min · 🚗 18 min
- Soweto20 km✈ 46 min · 🚗 20 min
- Boksburg22 km✈ 47 min · 🚗 22 min
- Benoni28 km✈ 47 min · 🚗 28 min
- Thembisa29 km✈ 47 min · 🚗 29 min
- Krugersdorp30 km✈ 47 min · 🚗 30 min
- Evaton42 km✈ 48 min · 🚗 42 min
Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · Data from GeoNames, Open-Meteo.