Climate averages 1991–2020

KwaDukuza weather
in February.

A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.8°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 21.3°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 96 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in KwaDukuza: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ntuzuma (56 km away). In February its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as KwaDukuza, with 84 mm of rain.

Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, KwaDukuza ranks joint 29th of 95 for the warmest February highs and 56th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; KwaDukuza is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 91 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

KwaDukuza climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for KwaDukuza, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	27.6°C21.0°C	21.0°C	103	13.4	13.814 h
February, selected	27.8°C21.3°C	21.3°C	96	12.0	13.113 h
March	27.1°C20.4°C	20.4°C	91	12.0	12.312 h
April	25.3°C18.2°C	18.2°C	69	8.5	11.411 h
May	24.0°C15.7°C	15.7°C	44	5.2	10.711 h
June	22.4°C13.3°C	13.3°C	26	4.0	10.310 h
July	21.9°C12.7°C	12.7°C	41	4.7	10.510 h
August	23.0°C13.9°C	13.9°C	31	5.8	11.111 h
September	23.9°C15.4°C	15.4°C	59	8.5	11.912 h
October	24.2°C16.8°C	16.8°C	87	12.7	12.813 h
November	25.4°C18.3°C	18.3°C	99	13.4	13.614 h
December	26.7°C20.0°C	20.0°C	99	14.0	14.014 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 KwaDukuza

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 KwaDukuza) is explained once on the KwaDukuza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.