Climate averages 1991–2020
Ermelo 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 Ermelo: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 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 13 h 01 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bethal (52 km away). In February its highs average 24.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Ermelo, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Ermelo ranks 95th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 65th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Ermelo is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 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
Ermelo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 143 | 16.9 | 13.614 h |
| February, selected | 23.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 102 | 12.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 22.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 90 | 11.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 45 | 7.0 | 11.511 h |
| May | 18.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 15 | 2.7 | 10.811 h |
| June | 16.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 6.8 | 1.3 | 10.511 h |
| July | 16.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 6.5 | 0.8 | 10.611 h |
| August | 19.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 14 | 2.5 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 26 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 96 | 12.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 22.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 128 | 15.5 | 13.413 h |
| December | 23.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 163 | 18.1 | 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 · 52 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 94 mm rain
- Standerton in FebruarySouth Africa · 86 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 91 mm rain
- eMbalenhle in FebruarySouth Africa · 91 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Piet Retief in FebruarySouth Africa · 98 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Middelburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 99 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Emalahleni in FebruarySouth Africa · 105 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Mbabane in FebruaryEswatini · 117 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 177 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 136 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.6°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 Ermelo) is explained once on the Ermelo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.