Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbombela weather
in August.
A warm, fairly 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 Mbombela: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbabane (95 km away). In August its highs average 20.8°C, 3.1°C cooler than Mbombela, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mbombela ranks joint 6th of 95 for the warmest August highs and joint 59th of 95 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Mbombela is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 34 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
Mbombela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 155 | 17.5 | 13.514 h |
| February | 27.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 135 | 15.0 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 107 | 14.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 53 | 8.4 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| June | 21.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 9.0 | 2.3 | 10.611 h |
| July | 21.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.711 h |
| August, selected | 23.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 17 | 3.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 34 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 71 | 13.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 27.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 122 | 16.3 | 13.313 h |
| December | 27.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 151 | 18.4 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Mbabane in AugustEswatini · 95 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in AugustMozambique · 103 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Manzini in AugustEswatini · 121 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Ermelo in AugustSouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 5.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Middelburg in AugustSouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 6.7°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Matola in AugustMozambique · 159 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Maputo in AugustMozambique · 171 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Piet Retief in AugustSouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 7.5°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 Mbombela) is explained once on the Mbombela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.