Climate averages 1991–2020
Bela Bela weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Bela Bela: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hammanskraal (58 km away). In February its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Bela Bela, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bela Bela ranks joint 13th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 26th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Bela Bela is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 76 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Hammanskraal in FebruarySouth Africa · 58 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Soshanguve in FebruarySouth Africa · 68 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Somaroboro in FebruarySouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in FebruarySouth Africa · 87 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Pretoria in FebruarySouth Africa · 96 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Brits in FebruarySouth Africa · 98 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Mokopane in FebruarySouth Africa · 106 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Centurion in FebruarySouth Africa · 109 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 93 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.