Climate averages 1991–2020
Motherwell weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 8th 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 Motherwell: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kariega (18 km away). In February its highs average 27.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Motherwell, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Motherwell ranks joint 50th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 12th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Motherwell is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 47 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Kariega in FebruarySouth Africa · 18 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Gqeberha in FebruarySouth Africa · 19 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Grahamstown in FebruarySouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Qonce in FebruarySouth Africa · 196 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Bhisho in FebruarySouth Africa · 202 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Mdantsane in FebruarySouth Africa · 225 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 80 mm rain
- East London in FebruarySouth Africa · 233 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Queenstown in FebruarySouth Africa · 243 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 98 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.