Climate averages 1991–2020
eMbalenhle weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the joint 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 eMbalenhle: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bethal (41 km away). In February its highs average 24.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than eMbalenhle, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, eMbalenhle ranks joint 80th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 71st of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; eMbalenhle is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 93 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
eMbalenhle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 139 | 16.4 | 13.614 h |
| February, selected | 24.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 103 | 13.1 | 13.013 h |
| March | 23.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 93 | 11.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 41 | 6.3 | 11.511 h |
| May | 19.6°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 15 | 2.6 | 10.811 h |
| June | 17.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 7.1 | 1.1 | 10.511 h |
| July | 17.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 4.7 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| August | 20.7°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 12 | 2.1 | 11.211 h |
| September | 24.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 24 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 88 | 11.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 114 | 14.9 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 151 | 18.2 | 13.814 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
- Bethal in FebruarySouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 94 mm rain
- Standerton in FebruarySouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Delmas in FebruarySouth Africa · 58 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Nigel in FebruarySouth Africa · 60 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Heidelberg, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 70 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Emalahleni in FebruarySouth Africa · 75 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Etwatwa in FebruarySouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Brakpan in FebruarySouth Africa · 77 kmHigh 24.9°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 eMbalenhle) is explained once on the eMbalenhle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.