Climate averages 1991–2020
Kariega weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Kariega: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Motherwell (18 km away). In August its highs average 20.3°C, about as warm as Kariega, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Kariega ranks joint 61st of 95 for the warmest August highs and joint 80th of 95 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Kariega is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Kariega climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 40 | 7.9 | 14.114 h |
| February | 27.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 44 | 7.8 | 13.313 h |
| March | 26.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 47 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 40 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 23 | 4.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 20.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 23 | 4.1 | 9.910 h |
| July | 20.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.110 h |
| August, selected | 20.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 36 | 5.7 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.5°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.6°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 48 | 7.0 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 57 | 7.8 | 13.814 h |
| December | 25.4°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 45 | 8.0 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Motherwell in AugustSouth Africa · 18 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Gqeberha in AugustSouth Africa · 30 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 12.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Grahamstown in AugustSouth Africa · 116 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Qonce in AugustSouth Africa · 209 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Bhisho in AugustSouth Africa · 215 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Mdantsane in AugustSouth Africa · 239 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 38 mm rain
- East London in AugustSouth Africa · 247 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Queenstown in AugustSouth Africa · 248 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 21 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 Kariega) is explained once on the Kariega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Motherwell lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.