Climate averages 1991–2020
Gqeberha weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Gqeberha: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd 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 Motherwell (19 km away). In February its highs average 26.3°C, 2.1°C warmer than Gqeberha, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Gqeberha ranks joint 90th of 95 for the warmest February highs and 10th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Gqeberha is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 44 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Motherwell in FebruarySouth Africa · 19 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Kariega in FebruarySouth Africa · 30 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Grahamstown in FebruarySouth Africa · 112 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Qonce in FebruarySouth Africa · 204 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Bhisho in FebruarySouth Africa · 210 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Mdantsane in FebruarySouth Africa · 231 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 80 mm rain
- East London in FebruarySouth Africa · 238 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Queenstown in FebruarySouth Africa · 258 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 98 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.