Climate averages 1991–2020
Heidelberg, South Africa weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Heidelberg, South Africa: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nigel (14 km away). In February its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Heidelberg, South Africa, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Heidelberg, South Africa ranks joint 66th of 95 for the warmest February highs and 64th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Heidelberg, South Africa is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 100 mm to 84 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
Heidelberg, South Africa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 130 | 16.0 | 13.614 h |
| February, selected | 25.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 100 | 12.8 | 13.013 h |
| March | 24.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 84 | 11.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 41 | 6.8 | 11.511 h |
| May | 19.9°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 15 | 2.7 | 10.811 h |
| June | 17.6°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 7.4 | 1.5 | 10.511 h |
| July | 17.8°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.0°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 11 | 2.1 | 11.211 h |
| September | 25.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 22 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 78 | 10.5 | 12.713 h |
| November | 25.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 101 | 13.8 | 13.413 h |
| December | 25.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 140 | 16.9 | 13.814 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
- Nigel in FebruarySouth Africa · 14 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Tokoza in FebruarySouth Africa · 28 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Brakpan in FebruarySouth Africa · 30 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Alberton in FebruarySouth Africa · 35 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 111 mm rain
- Benoni in FebruarySouth Africa · 35 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Germiston in FebruarySouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Etwatwa in FebruarySouth Africa · 43 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Johannesburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 46 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 111 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 Heidelberg) is explained once on the Heidelberg, South Africa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.