Climate averages 1991–2020
Bloemfontein weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Bloemfontein: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Botshabelo (52 km away). In February its highs average 27.9°C, 1.1°C cooler than Bloemfontein, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bloemfontein ranks joint 10th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 18th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Bloemfontein is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 72 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Botshabelo in FebruarySouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Thaba Nchu in FebruarySouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Maseru in FebruaryLesotho · 125 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Virginia in FebruarySouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Welkom in FebruarySouth Africa · 137 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in FebruarySouth Africa · 146 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Kimberley in FebruarySouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Kutloanong in FebruarySouth Africa · 152 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 75 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.