Durban
City in South Africa: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Durban - panoramio - ---=XEON=---: ---=XEON=---, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Durban is a city in South Africa, in KwaZulu-Natal. About 3.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of South Africa in our atlas.
It lies at 29.86° S, 31.03° E, about 21 m (69 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Johannesburg time zone.
Location
Red dot: Durban. Green dots: other major cities of South Africa. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Durban has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 26°C (78°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 19°C (66°F). Around 887 mm (35 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in South AfricaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Pietermaritzburg · 67 km
- East London · 461 km
- Vereeniging · 463 km
- Bloemfontein · 471 km
- Evaton · 479 km
- Benoni · 484 km
- Boksburg · 485 km
- Johannesburg · 497 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1007311 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q5468 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Durban - panoramio - ---=XEON=---: ---=XEON=---, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- UShaka Dolphin show: Amada44, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Durban Botanic cycads and trees: Purves, M. (Michaelwild at en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- North Beach in Durban: Ainsleykg, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- South Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (20504187132): South African Tourism from South Africa, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Quadrant House Durban: Margaret E Parker, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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