Climate averages 1991–2020
Bhisho weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: one of the 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 Bhisho: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qonce (6 km away). In February its highs average 26.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Bhisho, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bhisho ranks joint 55th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 78th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Bhisho is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 111 mm to 108 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
Bhisho climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 117 | 14.2 | 14.014 h |
| February, selected | 26.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 111 | 13.0 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 108 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 84 | 9.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 28 | 4.9 | 10.510 h |
| June | 19.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 25 | 3.4 | 10.010 h |
| July | 20.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 27 | 4.2 | 10.210 h |
| August | 20.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 41 | 5.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 22.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 56 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 86 | 11.9 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 99 | 11.8 | 13.814 h |
| December | 25.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 114 | 13.8 | 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
- Qonce in FebruarySouth Africa · 6 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Mdantsane in FebruarySouth Africa · 33 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 80 mm rain
- East London in FebruarySouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Grahamstown in FebruarySouth Africa · 99 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Queenstown in FebruarySouth Africa · 118 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Mthatha in FebruarySouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Motherwell in FebruarySouth Africa · 202 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Gqeberha in FebruarySouth Africa · 210 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 38 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 Bhisho) is explained once on the Bhisho year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.