Climate averages 1991–2020
Atlantis weather
in February.
A warm, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Atlantis: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 9.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cape Town (40 km away). In February its highs average 25.9°C, 1.2°C cooler than Atlantis, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Atlantis ranks joint 41st of 95 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Atlantis is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.8 mm to 11 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
Atlantis climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 9.8 | 2.2 | 14.114 h |
| February, selected | 27.1°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 9.8 | 1.9 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 11 | 2.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 31 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 47 | 6.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 16.5°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 76 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| July | 16.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 69 | 8.2 | 10.210 h |
| August | 16.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 59 | 8.4 | 10.911 h |
| September | 17.9°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 36 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 23 | 4.1 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 21 | 4.0 | 13.814 h |
| December | 25.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 12 | 2.9 | 14.314 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
- Cape Town in FebruarySouth Africa · 40 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Paarl in FebruarySouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in FebruarySouth Africa · 54 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Somerset West in FebruarySouth Africa · 65 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 90 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in FebruarySouth Africa · 344 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in FebruarySouth Africa · 345 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 30 mm rain
- George in FebruarySouth Africa · 370 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 42 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 Atlantis) is explained once on the Atlantis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.