Climate averages 1991–2020

Bethal weather
in February.

A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.2°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 14.0°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 94 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in Bethal: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is eMbalenhle (41 km away). In February its highs average 24.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Bethal, with 103 mm of rain.

Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bethal ranks joint 90th of 95 for the warmest February highs and 53rd of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Bethal is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 90 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Bethal climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Bethal, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	24.1°C14.1°C	14.1°C	132	16.2	13.614 h
February, selected	24.2°C14.0°C	14.0°C	94	12.6	13.013 h
March	23.2°C12.6°C	12.6°C	90	10.8	12.312 h
April	21.0°C9.6°C	9.6°C	42	6.5	11.511 h
May	19.0°C5.9°C	5.9°C	15	2.7	10.811 h
June	16.7°C2.8°C	2.8°C	6.5	0.9	10.511 h
July	16.8°C2.4°C	2.4°C	5.9	0.8	10.611 h
August	20.0°C5.2°C	5.2°C	12	2.4	11.211 h
September	23.9°C8.9°C	8.9°C	23	3.7	11.912 h
October	24.3°C11.0°C	11.0°C	91	12.0	12.713 h
November	23.7°C12.3°C	12.3°C	112	15.0	13.413 h
December	24.1°C13.7°C	13.7°C	145	17.8	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

Distance from Bethal

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bethal) is explained once on the Bethal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.