Climate averages 1991–2020
Mokopane weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Mokopane: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Polokwane (57 km away). In February its highs average 26.6°C, 2.1°C cooler than Mokopane, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mokopane ranks joint 13th of 95 for the warmest February highs and 17th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Mokopane is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 59 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
Mokopane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 112 | 12.5 | 13.413 h |
| February, selected | 28.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 72 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 59 | 8.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 32 | 4.3 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.5°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 8.6 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| June | 21.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 10.711 h |
| July | 21.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| August | 24.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 38 | 6.7 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 82 | 11.4 | 13.313 h |
| December | 28.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 99 | 14.3 | 13.614 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
- Polokwane in FebruarySouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Bela Bela in FebruarySouth Africa · 106 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Somaroboro in FebruarySouth Africa · 129 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Hammanskraal in FebruarySouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in FebruarySouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Soshanguve in FebruarySouth Africa · 169 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Middelburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 182 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Emalahleni in FebruarySouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 97 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 Mokopane) is explained once on the Mokopane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.