Climate averages 1991–2020
Gqeberha weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Gqeberha: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Motherwell (19 km away). In August its highs average 20.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Gqeberha, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Gqeberha ranks joint 84th of 95 for the warmest August highs and 89th of 95 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Gqeberha is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Gqeberha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 34 | 6.9 | 14.114 h |
| February | 24.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 38 | 6.9 | 13.313 h |
| March | 23.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 44 | 7.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 43 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 20.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 38 | 6.3 | 10.410 h |
| June | 19.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 41 | 6.5 | 9.910 h |
| July | 19.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 38 | 6.4 | 10.110 h |
| August, selected | 18.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 52 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 38 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 20.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 48 | 7.8 | 12.913 h |
| November | 21.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 53 | 7.9 | 13.914 h |
| December | 22.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 42 | 6.9 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Motherwell in AugustSouth Africa · 19 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Kariega in AugustSouth Africa · 30 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 9.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Grahamstown in AugustSouth Africa · 112 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Qonce in AugustSouth Africa · 204 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Bhisho in AugustSouth Africa · 210 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Mdantsane in AugustSouth Africa · 231 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 38 mm rain
- East London in AugustSouth Africa · 238 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Queenstown in AugustSouth Africa · 258 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 21 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 Gqeberha) is explained once on the Gqeberha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.