Climate averages 1991–2020
Brits weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd 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 Brits: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 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 12 h 59 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ga-Rankuwa (22 km away). In February its highs average 28.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Brits, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Brits ranks joint 10th of 95 for the warmest February highs and 45th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Brits is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 76 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
Brits climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 97 | 14.2 | 13.514 h |
| February, selected | 29.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 89 | 11.2 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 76 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 36 | 5.7 | 11.512 h |
| May | 22.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 16 | 2.5 | 10.911 h |
| June | 20.1°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 6.5 | 1.1 | 10.611 h |
| July | 20.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| August | 23.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 11.211 h |
| September | 27.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 16 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 55 | 7.2 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 85 | 11.1 | 13.313 h |
| December | 28.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 113 | 14.7 | 13.714 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
- Ga-Rankuwa in FebruarySouth Africa · 22 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Soshanguve in FebruarySouth Africa · 37 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Pretoria in FebruarySouth Africa · 43 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Centurion in FebruarySouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Krugersdorp in FebruarySouth Africa · 50 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 106 mm rain
- Midrand in FebruarySouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Rustenburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 54 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Randburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 56 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 97 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 Brits) is explained once on the Brits year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.