Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbabane weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Mbabane: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 12 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manzini (32 km away). In August its highs average 23.2°C, 2.4°C warmer than Mbabane, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eswatini, Mbabane ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 2 cities is 22.0°C; Mbabane is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 57 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
Mbabane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 216 | 19.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 24.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 177 | 16.7 | 13.013 h |
| March | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 159 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 78 | 11.3 | 11.511 h |
| May | 20.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 32 | 5.5 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 18 | 3.5 | 10.511 h |
| July | 18.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 18 | 3.9 | 10.711 h |
| August, selected | 20.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 57 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 112 | 15.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 23.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 171 | 18.6 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 208 | 19.9 | 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
- Manzini in AugustEswatini · 32 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Piet Retief in AugustSouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 7.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Mbombela in AugustSouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Ermelo in AugustSouth Africa · 117 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 5.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in AugustMozambique · 130 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Matola in AugustMozambique · 138 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Maputo in AugustMozambique · 150 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Vryheid in AugustSouth Africa · 165 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 Mbabane) is explained once on the Mbabane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.