Climate averages 1991–2020
Dundee, South Africa weather
in February.
A warm, 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 warm month in Dundee, South Africa: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newcastle, South Africa (54 km away). In February its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Dundee, South Africa, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Dundee, South Africa ranks joint 53rd of 95 for the warmest February highs and 90th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Dundee, South Africa is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 105 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
Dundee, South Africa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 151 | 17.6 | 13.714 h |
| February, selected | 26.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 129 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 105 | 12.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 52 | 7.6 | 11.411 h |
| May | 20.9°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 18 | 3.2 | 10.711 h |
| June | 18.6°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 11 | 1.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 18.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 14 | 1.7 | 10.511 h |
| August | 21.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 22 | 3.7 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 35 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 92 | 12.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 25.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 125 | 17.0 | 13.513 h |
| December | 26.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 154 | 19.1 | 13.914 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
- Newcastle, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 54 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Ladysmith in FebruarySouth Africa · 62 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 143 mm rain
- Vryheid in FebruarySouth Africa · 70 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Piet Retief in FebruarySouth Africa · 141 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in FebruarySouth Africa · 144 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 135 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 113 mm rain
- KwaDukuza in FebruarySouth Africa · 165 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Standerton in FebruarySouth Africa · 168 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 91 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 Dundee) is explained once on the Dundee, South Africa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.