Climate averages 1991–2020
Mpumalanga weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Mpumalanga: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pinetown (24 km away). In February its highs average 26.3°C, about as warm as Mpumalanga, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mpumalanga ranks joint 59th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 43rd of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Mpumalanga is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 87 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
Mpumalanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 101 | 15.5 | 13.814 h |
| February, selected | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 88 | 13.2 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 87 | 12.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 60 | 9.1 | 11.411 h |
| May | 22.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 33 | 5.0 | 10.611 h |
| June | 20.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 22 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| July | 20.4°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 33 | 3.9 | 10.410 h |
| August | 21.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 30 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| September | 22.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 58 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 88 | 13.8 | 12.813 h |
| November | 23.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 101 | 14.8 | 13.614 h |
| December | 24.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 102 | 15.5 | 14.014 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
- Pinetown in FebruarySouth Africa · 24 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Ntuzuma in FebruarySouth Africa · 31 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 32 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Durban in FebruarySouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 84 mm rain
- KwaDukuza in FebruarySouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Ladysmith in FebruarySouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 143 mm rain
- Richards Bay in FebruarySouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 95 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 187 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 129 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 Mpumalanga) is explained once on the Mpumalanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.