Climate averages 1991–2020
Mossel Bay weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Mossel Bay: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is George (38 km away). In February its highs average 23.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Mossel Bay, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mossel Bay ranks 86th of 95 for the warmest February highs and 8th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Mossel Bay is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 41 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
Mossel Bay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 38 | 7.5 | 14.114 h |
| February, selected | 24.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 30 | 6.8 | 13.313 h |
| March | 23.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 41 | 7.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 43 | 6.7 | 11.311 h |
| May | 20.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 40 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| June | 19.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 37 | 6.9 | 9.910 h |
| July | 18.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 38 | 7.2 | 10.110 h |
| August | 18.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 47 | 7.6 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 33 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 20.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 43 | 7.4 | 12.913 h |
| November | 21.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 52 | 7.7 | 13.914 h |
| December | 23.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 35 | 6.8 | 14.414 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
- George in FebruarySouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in FebruarySouth Africa · 65 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 256 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Paarl in FebruarySouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in FebruarySouth Africa · 303 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Kariega in FebruarySouth Africa · 304 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Somerset West in FebruarySouth Africa · 306 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Motherwell in FebruarySouth Africa · 320 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 44 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 Mossel Bay) is explained once on the Mossel Bay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.