Climate averages 1991–2020
East London weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in East London: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mdantsane (16 km away). In February its highs average 25.9°C, about as warm as East London, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, East London ranks joint 55th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 36th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; East London is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 90 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Mdantsane in FebruarySouth Africa · 16 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Bhisho in FebruarySouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Qonce in FebruarySouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Grahamstown in FebruarySouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Queenstown in FebruarySouth Africa · 158 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Mthatha in FebruarySouth Africa · 179 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Motherwell in FebruarySouth Africa · 233 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Gqeberha in FebruarySouth Africa · 238 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 38 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.