Climate averages 1991–2020
George weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in George: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mossel Bay (38 km away). In February its highs average 24.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than George, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, George ranks 93rd of 95 for the warmest February highs and 11th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; George is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 54 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
George climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 51 | 9.1 | 14.114 h |
| February, selected | 23.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 42 | 8.2 | 13.313 h |
| March | 22.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 54 | 8.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 53 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 45 | 6.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 17.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 9.910 h |
| July | 17.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 40 | 7.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 53 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 18.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 44 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 19.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 62 | 8.7 | 12.913 h |
| November | 20.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 70 | 9.3 | 13.914 h |
| December | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 47 | 9.1 | 14.414 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
- Mossel Bay in FebruarySouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in FebruarySouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Kariega in FebruarySouth Africa · 272 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Motherwell in FebruarySouth Africa · 289 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Gqeberha in FebruarySouth Africa · 291 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Paarl in FebruarySouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in FebruarySouth Africa · 332 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 18 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 George) is explained once on the George year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.