Droughts in South Africa
11 droughts have been recorded in South Africa by Global Incident Tracker, 11 of them in 2026. The most recent was on 10 October 2026. These are incidents our sources reported, not an official national total.
Continuous monitoring began 9 August 2026. These counters show what we have recorded since then, not everything that happened.
Thin record. We hold only 11 droughts for South Africa, which is too few to describe a pattern. This page is not offered to search engines until it holds more.
Most recent droughts in South Africa
When they happen
September carries the most droughts we hold for South Africa — 6 of 11. This is when incidents were reported, so read a quiet month as either a quiet month or thin reporting.
| Month | Recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | |
| February | 0 | |
| March | 0 | |
| April | 0 | |
| May | 0 | |
| June | 0 | |
| July | 0 | |
| August | 0 | |
| September | 6 | |
| October | 5 | |
| November | 0 | |
| December | 0 |
Where this data comes from
Droughts have official real-time feeds, and ours come from GDACS · NASA EONET · ReliefWeb · news.