Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbombela weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Mbombela: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 135 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbabane (95 km away). In February its highs average 24.4°C, 3.5°C cooler than Mbombela, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mbombela ranks joint 26th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 92nd of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Mbombela is 1.0°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 135 mm to 107 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Mbabane in FebruaryEswatini · 95 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 177 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in FebruaryMozambique · 103 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Manzini in FebruaryEswatini · 121 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Ermelo in FebruarySouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Middelburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Matola in FebruaryMozambique · 159 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Maputo in FebruaryMozambique · 171 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Piet Retief in FebruarySouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 117 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.