Climate averages 1991–2020
Manzini weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Manzini: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbabane (32 km away). In August its highs average 20.8°C, 2.4°C cooler than Manzini, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eswatini, Manzini ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 2 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 2 cities is 22.0°C; Manzini is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Manzini climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 131 | 15.0 | 13.614 h |
| February | 27.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 107 | 12.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 26.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 93 | 10.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 49 | 6.8 | 11.511 h |
| May | 23.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 24 | 3.5 | 10.811 h |
| June | 21.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.511 h |
| July | 21.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 14 | 2.1 | 10.611 h |
| August, selected | 23.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 22 | 3.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 25.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 36 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 72 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 26.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 120 | 13.5 | 13.413 h |
| December | 26.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 124 | 14.7 | 13.814 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Mbabane in AugustEswatini · 32 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Piet Retief in AugustSouth Africa · 80 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 7.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Mbombela in AugustSouth Africa · 121 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Matola in AugustMozambique · 123 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in AugustMozambique · 133 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Maputo in AugustMozambique · 134 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Ermelo in AugustSouth Africa · 139 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 5.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Vryheid in AugustSouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 22 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Manzini) is explained once on the Manzini year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.