Climate averages 1991–2020
Mthatha weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Mthatha: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mdantsane (177 km away). In February its highs average 25.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Mthatha, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mthatha ranks joint 72nd of 95 for the warmest February highs and 91st of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Mthatha is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 131 mm to 120 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
Mthatha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 145 | 18.7 | 13.914 h |
| February, selected | 25.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 131 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| March | 24.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 120 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 76 | 9.8 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 27 | 5.0 | 10.511 h |
| June | 19.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 24 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| July | 20.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 22 | 3.2 | 10.310 h |
| August | 21.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.011 h |
| September | 22.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 56 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 96 | 14.9 | 12.813 h |
| November | 22.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 129 | 16.4 | 13.714 h |
| December | 24.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 140 | 18.5 | 14.214 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
- Mdantsane in FebruarySouth Africa · 177 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 80 mm rain
- East London in FebruarySouth Africa · 179 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Queenstown in FebruarySouth Africa · 184 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Bhisho in FebruarySouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Qonce in FebruarySouth Africa · 194 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in FebruarySouth Africa · 265 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 268 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Pinetown in FebruarySouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 84 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 Mthatha) is explained once on the Mthatha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.