Climate averages 1991–2020
Grahamstown weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Grahamstown: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qonce (93 km away). In February its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Grahamstown, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Grahamstown ranks joint 43rd of 95 for the warmest February highs and 15th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Grahamstown is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 59 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
Grahamstown climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 63 | 9.2 | 14.114 h |
| February, selected | 27.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 64 | 9.9 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 59 | 8.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 49 | 8.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 22 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| June | 19.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 22 | 4.0 | 10.010 h |
| July | 19.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 22 | 3.6 | 10.210 h |
| August | 20.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 35 | 5.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 40 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 56 | 8.9 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 60 | 9.2 | 13.814 h |
| December | 25.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 62 | 9.8 | 14.314 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
- Qonce in FebruarySouth Africa · 93 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Bhisho in FebruarySouth Africa · 99 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Motherwell in FebruarySouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Gqeberha in FebruarySouth Africa · 112 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Kariega in FebruarySouth Africa · 116 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Mdantsane in FebruarySouth Africa · 123 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 80 mm rain
- East London in FebruarySouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Queenstown in FebruarySouth Africa · 160 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 Grahamstown) is explained once on the Grahamstown year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.