Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbabane weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Mbabane: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manzini (32 km away). In February its highs average 27.1°C, 2.8°C warmer than Mbabane, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eswatini, Mbabane ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 2 cities is 25.8°C; Mbabane is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 177 mm to 159 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Manzini in FebruaryEswatini · 32 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Piet Retief in FebruarySouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Mbombela in FebruarySouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Ermelo in FebruarySouth Africa · 117 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in FebruaryMozambique · 130 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Matola in FebruaryMozambique · 138 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Maputo in FebruaryMozambique · 150 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Vryheid in FebruarySouth Africa · 165 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 Mbabane) is explained once on the Mbabane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.