The graphs below show average monthly temperature and rainfall in two places in South Africa.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Given are the bar charts which illustrate the climate information in Cape town and Upington, South Africa.
Overall, the trends are reversed as the high season of rainfall in Cape Town is during June until August, while rain season occurs around March in Upington. The dramatic changes in weather throughout a year happen regularly in Upington, whereas the weather is less swing in Cape Town.
Starting with 25C in January, the temperature in Upington rockets to the peak at 38C in March, when the amount of rainfall is peaked as well at 190 mm. Few months later, the average temperature and precipitation level drop noticeably to 10C and 50 mm in May, declining to the lowest point at 3C and 5 mm in July. The gradual rise of temperature and rainfall happens in August to October, then the figure increases to 85 mm and 18C in November and December.
In Upinton, there is a stable state in the first trimester as the figure is quite the same at 3C and 10 mm. A slight increase can be found in April to June by a 7 centigrade difference. Consequently, the figure is fluctuated approximately 8C and 80 mm from June to August, which is the peak period of rainfall and temperature. The temperature starts to drop again in September to the lowest point in November at 1C.
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