Climate averages 1991–2020
Manzini weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Manzini: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbabane (32 km away). In February its highs average 24.4°C, 2.8°C cooler than Manzini, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eswatini, Manzini ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 2 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 2 cities is 25.8°C; Manzini is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 93 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Mbabane in FebruaryEswatini · 32 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 177 mm rain
- Piet Retief in FebruarySouth Africa · 80 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Mbombela in FebruarySouth Africa · 121 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Matola in FebruaryMozambique · 123 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in FebruaryMozambique · 133 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Maputo in FebruaryMozambique · 134 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Ermelo in FebruarySouth Africa · 139 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Vryheid in FebruarySouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 114 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.