Climate averages 1991–2020
Newcastle, South Africa weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Newcastle, South Africa: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, South Africa (54 km away). In February its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Newcastle, South Africa, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Newcastle, South Africa ranks joint 55th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 65th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Newcastle, South Africa is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 mm to 99 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
Newcastle, South Africa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 141 | 17.6 | 13.714 h |
| February, selected | 26.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 102 | 13.3 | 13.113 h |
| March | 24.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 99 | 11.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 45 | 7.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 20.7°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 17 | 2.9 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 10 | 2.2 | 10.410 h |
| July | 18.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 13 | 2.1 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 22 | 3.9 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.7°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 40 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 94 | 13.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 25.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 120 | 16.5 | 13.513 h |
| December | 26.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 155 | 18.9 | 13.914 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
- Dundee, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 54 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 129 mm rain
- Vryheid in FebruarySouth Africa · 85 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Ladysmith in FebruarySouth Africa · 90 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 143 mm rain
- Standerton in FebruarySouth Africa · 114 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Piet Retief in FebruarySouth Africa · 121 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Ermelo in FebruarySouth Africa · 136 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in FebruarySouth Africa · 139 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 135 mm rain
- Bethal in FebruarySouth Africa · 152 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 94 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 Newcastle) is explained once on the Newcastle, South Africa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.