Climate averages 1991–2020
East London weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in East London: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mdantsane (16 km away). In August its highs average 21.0°C, about as warm as East London, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, East London ranks joint 41st of 95 for the warmest August highs and joint 86th of 95 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; East London is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 57 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
East London climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 81 | 11.6 | 14.114 h |
| February | 26.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 84 | 10.9 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 90 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 85 | 9.6 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 34 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| June | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 34 | 4.5 | 10.010 h |
| July | 21.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 38 | 5.1 | 10.210 h |
| August, selected | 21.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 47 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 57 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 77 | 11.3 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 84 | 11.6 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 83 | 12.5 | 14.314 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
- Mdantsane in AugustSouth Africa · 16 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Bhisho in AugustSouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Qonce in AugustSouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Grahamstown in AugustSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Queenstown in AugustSouth Africa · 158 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Mthatha in AugustSouth Africa · 179 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Motherwell in AugustSouth Africa · 233 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Gqeberha in AugustSouth Africa · 238 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 12.6°C · 52 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 East London) is explained once on the East London year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.