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Compare countries and cities by VanSky score and pick your next stop

Cities: 36 Updated: 30 Aug, 15:06 Open-Meteo

A comparison of 36 towns in the North West region (South Africa) by VanSky score — where it's most comfortable to stop on your trip right now.

The country score (0–100) is computed from all of its cities, not a single point. Cities are grouped into regions, and a region's score is the median of its cities so dense clusters don't outweigh sparse ones. Final score = 0.65 × “best areas” (80th percentile of regions) + 0.35 × “typical conditions” (median of regions), so one warm city can't push the whole country to 100. Each city's score blends warmth (feels-like), sun, rain and wind, adjusted for night temperature and, on the coast, the sea. Data: Open-Meteo, refreshed several times a day.

80–100
Ideal
60–79
Comfortable
40–59
Acceptable
20–39
Challenging
0–19
Extreme

The scale above shows what share of the country's cities falls into each comfort band. “Best spot” is the most comfortable region or city this week; “typical conditions” is the median score across regions.

∅ 7-day average

Top 30 Cities in North West by VanSky

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Swartruggens
96
Marikana
96
Ga-Rankuwa
96
Hartbeespoort
96
Koster
95
Hartbeesfontein
95
Zeerust
95
Rustenburg
95
Letlhabile
95
Fochville
94
Lichtenburg
94
Coligny
94
Maile
94
Hartbeestfontein-A
94
Mogwase
94

VanSky Index

A weather comfort index for travel: a 0–100 score. Recalculated daily from live weather data — temperature, rainfall, wind and sun.

80–100 Ideal
60–79 Comfortable
40–59 Acceptable
20–39 Challenging
0–19 Extreme

How it's calculated:

  • Thermal comfort 35% — temperature + humidity
  • Sunshine 25% — panel charge, mood; in heat the sun is no longer a bonus
  • Precipitation 25% — rain → muddy ground
  • Wind 15% — awning, driving, noise
  • Extremes override all: frost, heat, storm, downpour
  • Heat counts by feels-like temperature: at 32°+ the score can’t reach “Comfortable”, muggy nights lower it further
  • A dangerous day drags the week down: a storm or downpour in the forecast keeps the week from being “Comfortable”
  • Bonus: warm sea, high panel output

Data: Open-Meteo · Updated several times a day

Best cities now Best cities this week

  1. 1 Swartruggens 96
  2. 2 Marikana 96
  3. 3 Ga-Rankuwa 96
  4. 4 Hartbeespoort 96
  5. 5 Koster 95

Difficult conditions

  1. 1 Potchefstroom 83
  2. 2 Brits 85
  3. 3 Jan Kempdorp 88
  4. 4 Vryburg 88
  5. 5 Christiana 89

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ZA South Africa — fuel prices

Updated: 30.08.2026

Unleaded 93

$1.57 /l

ZAR25.42 · €1.36/l

15 of 18

pricier than 78% of countries

Unleaded 95

$1.58 /l

ZAR25.58 · €1.37/l

103 of 168

pricier than 61% of countries

Diesel 500ppm

$1.62 /l

ZAR26.17 · €1.40/l

99 of 166

pricier than 59% of countries

Diesel 50ppm

$1.65 /l

ZAR26.72 · €1.43/l

14 of 44

cheaper than 70% of countries

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