Climate averages 1991–2020
Bela Bela weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd 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 Bela Bela: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hammanskraal (58 km away). In August its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Bela Bela, with 5.4 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bela Bela ranks 3rd of 95 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 95 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Bela Bela is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.7 mm to 13 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
Bela Bela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 97 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| February | 28.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 78 | 8.8 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 76 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 35 | 5.2 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 13 | 2.2 | 10.911 h |
| June | 20.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 5.1 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
| July | 20.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 10.711 h |
| August, selected | 24.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 3.7 | 0.9 | 11.211 h |
| September | 28.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 13 | 1.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 49 | 7.8 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 89 | 11.8 | 13.313 h |
| December | 28.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 114 | 14.4 | 13.614 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
- Hammanskraal in AugustSouth Africa · 58 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Soshanguve in AugustSouth Africa · 68 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Somaroboro in AugustSouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in AugustSouth Africa · 87 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 7.7°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Pretoria in AugustSouth Africa · 96 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Brits in AugustSouth Africa · 98 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 8.5°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Mokopane in AugustSouth Africa · 106 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Centurion in AugustSouth Africa · 109 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 7.0 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 Bela Bela) is explained once on the Bela Bela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.