Climate averages 1991–2020
Motherwell weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry month: one of the coolest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Motherwell: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kariega (18 km away). In August its highs average 20.6°C, about as warm as Motherwell, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Motherwell ranks joint 71st of 95 for the warmest August highs and joint 80th of 95 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Motherwell is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 31 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
Motherwell climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 40 | 7.9 | 14.114 h |
| February | 26.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 44 | 7.8 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 47 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 40 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 23 | 4.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 20.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 23 | 4.1 | 9.910 h |
| July | 20.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.110 h |
| August, selected | 20.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 36 | 5.7 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 48 | 7.0 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 57 | 7.8 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 45 | 8.0 | 14.314 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
- Kariega in AugustSouth Africa · 18 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 9.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Gqeberha in AugustSouth Africa · 19 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 12.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Grahamstown in AugustSouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Qonce in AugustSouth Africa · 196 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Bhisho in AugustSouth Africa · 202 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Mdantsane in AugustSouth Africa · 225 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 38 mm rain
- East London in AugustSouth Africa · 233 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Queenstown in AugustSouth Africa · 243 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 5.0°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 Motherwell) is explained once on the Motherwell year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kariega lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.