Climate averages 1991–2020
Johannesburg weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Johannesburg: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alberton (11 km away). In February its highs average 25.2°C, 1.1°C warmer than Johannesburg, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Johannesburg ranks 92nd of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 78th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Johannesburg is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 111 mm to 89 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
Johannesburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 132 | 16.4 | 13.614 h |
| February, selected | 24.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 111 | 14.1 | 13.013 h |
| March | 22.8°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 89 | 12.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 45 | 7.3 | 11.511 h |
| May | 18.4°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 17 | 2.9 | 10.911 h |
| June | 16.1°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 7.8 | 1.3 | 10.511 h |
| July | 16.3°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| August | 19.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 9.8 | 2.0 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 22 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 75 | 10.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 100 | 14.0 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 138 | 18.0 | 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
- Alberton in FebruarySouth Africa · 11 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 111 mm rain
- Germiston in FebruarySouth Africa · 12 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Randburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 13 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Roodepoort in FebruarySouth Africa · 18 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Tokoza in FebruarySouth Africa · 19 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Soweto in FebruarySouth Africa · 20 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Midrand in FebruarySouth Africa · 26 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Benoni in FebruarySouth Africa · 28 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 102 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 Johannesburg) is explained once on the Johannesburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Alberton lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.