Climate averages 1991–2020
Hammanskraal weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Hammanskraal: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soshanguve (20 km away). In February its highs average 28.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Hammanskraal, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Hammanskraal ranks 7th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 33rd of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Hammanskraal is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 83 mm to 77 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
Hammanskraal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 98 | 14.5 | 13.514 h |
| February, selected | 29.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 83 | 11.0 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 77 | 9.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 35 | 5.6 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 15 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| June | 20.4°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 6.2 | 1.0 | 10.611 h |
| July | 20.6°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 24.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 5.4 | 1.1 | 11.211 h |
| September | 28.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 15 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 57 | 8.1 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 85 | 11.8 | 13.313 h |
| December | 29.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 104 | 14.4 | 13.714 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
- Soshanguve in FebruarySouth Africa · 20 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in FebruarySouth Africa · 37 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Pretoria in FebruarySouth Africa · 39 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Centurion in FebruarySouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Somaroboro in FebruarySouth Africa · 55 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Brits in FebruarySouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Bela Bela in FebruarySouth Africa · 58 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Midrand in FebruarySouth Africa · 65 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 97 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 Hammanskraal) is explained once on the Hammanskraal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.