Climate averages 1991–2020
Bloemfontein weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Bloemfontein: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Botshabelo (52 km away). In August its highs average 19.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Bloemfontein, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bloemfontein ranks joint 75th of 95 for the warmest August highs and joint 53rd of 95 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Bloemfontein is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 16 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
Bloemfontein climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 82 | 12.5 | 13.814 h |
| February | 29.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 73 | 11.3 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 72 | 10.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 47 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| May | 19.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 20 | 3.2 | 10.711 h |
| June | 16.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 11 | 1.8 | 10.310 h |
| July | 16.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 8.0 | 1.3 | 10.510 h |
| August, selected | 19.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 15 | 2.2 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.6°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 16 | 2.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 43 | 6.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 28.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 66 | 8.3 | 13.514 h |
| December | 29.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 76 | 10.3 | 14.014 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
- Botshabelo in AugustSouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Thaba Nchu in AugustSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 3.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Maseru in AugustLesotho · 125 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Virginia in AugustSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Welkom in AugustSouth Africa · 137 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in AugustSouth Africa · 146 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Kimberley in AugustSouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 5.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Kutloanong in AugustSouth Africa · 152 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 5.1°C · 16 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 Bloemfontein) is explained once on the Bloemfontein year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.