Thembisa
City in South Africa: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Lazarus Mawela Station-Tembisa: Thuvack, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Thembisa is a city in South Africa, in Gauteng. About 511,655 people live in the city proper, making it the 12th largest city of South Africa in our atlas.
It lies at 26.00° S, 28.23° E, about 1,577 m (5,174 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Johannesburg time zone.
Location
Red dot: Thembisa. Green dots: other major cities of South Africa. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Thembisa has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb). The warmest month is usually Jan, with average highs near 28°C (83°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 2°C (35°F). Around 642 mm (25 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Dec.
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
- Benoni · 23 km
- Boksburg · 24 km
- Pretoria · 28 km
- Johannesburg · 29 km
- Soweto · 48 km
- Soshanguve · 59 km
- Evaton · 70 km
- Vereeniging · 81 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 949880 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1580709 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Lazarus Mawela Station-Tembisa: Thuvack, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)