Climate averages 1991–2020

Kroonstad weather
in February.

A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.7°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 16.1°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 81 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in Kroonstad: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kutloanong (52 km away). In February its highs average 28.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kroonstad, with 75 mm of rain.

Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Kroonstad ranks joint 32nd of 95 for the warmest February highs and 30th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Kroonstad is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 68 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kroonstad climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kroonstad, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.6°C16.6°C	16.6°C	101	13.7	13.714 h
February, selected	27.7°C16.1°C	16.1°C	81	11.8	13.113 h
March	26.2°C14.5°C	14.5°C	68	10.2	12.312 h
April	23.1°C10.7°C	10.7°C	44	7.0	11.511 h
May	20.2°C6.4°C	6.4°C	20	3.0	10.811 h
June	17.3°C2.9°C	2.9°C	12	1.6	10.410 h
July	17.5°C2.5°C	2.5°C	6.6	0.9	10.611 h
August	20.8°C5.2°C	5.2°C	15	2.0	11.111 h
September	25.3°C9.5°C	9.5°C	14	2.7	11.912 h
October	27.0°C12.5°C	12.5°C	59	8.8	12.713 h
November	27.7°C14.0°C	14.0°C	71	10.2	13.513 h
December	28.4°C15.8°C	15.8°C	104	13.7	13.914 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

Distance from Kroonstad

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kroonstad) is explained once on the Kroonstad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.