Climate averages 1991–2020
Bothaville weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th 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 Bothaville: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th 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 03 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orkney (46 km away). In February its highs average 28.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Bothaville, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bothaville ranks 12th 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; Bothaville is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 62 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
Bothaville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 94 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| February, selected | 28.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 73 | 11.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 62 | 10.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 44 | 6.5 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 19 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.4°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 12 | 1.5 | 10.410 h |
| July | 18.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 5.0 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.9°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 14 | 1.9 | 11.111 h |
| September | 26.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 14 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 51 | 8.1 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 68 | 9.4 | 13.413 h |
| December | 29.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 89 | 12.8 | 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
- Orkney in FebruarySouth Africa · 46 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Kutloanong in FebruarySouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in FebruarySouth Africa · 54 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in FebruarySouth Africa · 60 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Stilfontein in FebruarySouth Africa · 62 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Welkom in FebruarySouth Africa · 66 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Kroonstad in FebruarySouth Africa · 68 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Virginia in FebruarySouth Africa · 83 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 Bothaville) is explained once on the Bothaville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.