Climate averages 1991–2020
Oudtshoorn weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Oudtshoorn: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is George (47 km away). In February its highs average 23.7°C, 6.1°C cooler than Oudtshoorn, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Oudtshoorn ranks 6th of 95 for the warmest February highs and 7th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Oudtshoorn is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 38 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
Oudtshoorn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 30 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| February, selected | 29.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 28 | 5.7 | 13.313 h |
| March | 28.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 38 | 6.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 34 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 25 | 4.7 | 10.410 h |
| June | 18.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 24 | 5.0 | 10.010 h |
| July | 18.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 26 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 19.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 33 | 6.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 22.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 27 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 41 | 6.5 | 12.913 h |
| November | 26.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 48 | 7.1 | 13.814 h |
| December | 28.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 31 | 6.1 | 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
- George in FebruarySouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in FebruarySouth Africa · 65 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 255 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Kariega in FebruarySouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Paarl in FebruarySouth Africa · 299 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in FebruarySouth Africa · 310 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Motherwell in FebruarySouth Africa · 314 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Somerset West in FebruarySouth Africa · 317 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 18 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 Oudtshoorn) is explained once on the Oudtshoorn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.