Climate averages 1991–2020
Emalahleni weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Emalahleni: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a wet month (the 9th 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 Middelburg (26 km away). In February its highs average 25.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Emalahleni, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Emalahleni ranks joint 82nd of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 57th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Emalahleni is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 94 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
Emalahleni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 124 | 15.2 | 13.614 h |
| February, selected | 24.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 97 | 12.1 | 13.013 h |
| March | 23.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 94 | 11.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 44 | 6.4 | 11.511 h |
| May | 19.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 16 | 2.5 | 10.911 h |
| June | 17.1°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 6.0 | 1.0 | 10.511 h |
| July | 17.3°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 6.0 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| August | 20.4°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 8.7 | 1.7 | 11.211 h |
| September | 24.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 20 | 3.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 73 | 10.2 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 107 | 14.0 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 123 | 16.7 | 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
- Middelburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 26 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Delmas in FebruarySouth Africa · 63 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Bethal in FebruarySouth Africa · 69 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 94 mm rain
- Somaroboro in FebruarySouth Africa · 71 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 78 mm rain
- eMbalenhle in FebruarySouth Africa · 75 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Etwatwa in FebruarySouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Brakpan in FebruarySouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Benoni in FebruarySouth Africa · 98 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 102 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 Emalahleni) is explained once on the Emalahleni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.