Climate averages 1991–2020
Klerksdorp weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Klerksdorp: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stilfontein (10 km away). In August its highs average 22.0°C, about as warm as Klerksdorp, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Klerksdorp ranks joint 20th of 95 for the warmest August highs and joint 29th of 95 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Klerksdorp is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 14 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
Klerksdorp climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 101 | 14.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 28.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 83 | 12.5 | 13.013 h |
| March | 26.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 70 | 11.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 38 | 6.5 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.4°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 18 | 2.7 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.7°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 8.2 | 1.5 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.8°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 10.611 h |
| August, selected | 22.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 10 | 1.5 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.6°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 14 | 2.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 9.0 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 73 | 11.8 | 13.413 h |
| December | 29.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 102 | 15.8 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Stilfontein in AugustSouth Africa · 10 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 5.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Orkney in AugustSouth Africa · 14 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 5.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Potchefstroom in AugustSouth Africa · 46 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 6.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Bothaville in AugustSouth Africa · 60 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Parys in AugustSouth Africa · 79 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 6.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Carletonville in AugustSouth Africa · 91 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 6.0°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Kroonstad in AugustSouth Africa · 105 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Kutloanong in AugustSouth Africa · 109 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 5.1°C · 16 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 Klerksdorp) is explained once on the Klerksdorp year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Stilfontein lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.