Climate averages 1991–2020
Mafikeng weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Mafikeng: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gaborone (137 km away). In February its highs average 30.5°C, 1.8°C warmer than Mafikeng, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mafikeng ranks joint 15th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 46th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Mafikeng is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 71 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
Mafikeng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 90 | 14.7 | 13.614 h |
| February, selected | 28.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 90 | 12.3 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 71 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 40 | 5.7 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 18 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| June | 19.2°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 8.8 | 1.4 | 10.511 h |
| July | 19.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| August | 22.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 13 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 45 | 7.1 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 69 | 11.4 | 13.413 h |
| December | 29.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 87 | 14.3 | 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
- Gaborone in FebruaryBotswana · 137 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 82 mm rain
- Mogoditshane in FebruaryBotswana · 139 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in FebruarySouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in FebruarySouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Stilfontein in FebruarySouth Africa · 156 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Orkney in FebruarySouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Rustenburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Molepolole in FebruaryBotswana · 163 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 68 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 Mafikeng) is explained once on the Mafikeng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.