Climate averages 1991–2020
Paarl weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Paarl: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stellenbosch (24 km away). In August its highs average 17.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Paarl, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Paarl ranks 89th of 95 for the warmest August highs and 95th of 95 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Paarl is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 110 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Paarl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 21 | 3.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 31.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 16 | 2.8 | 13.313 h |
| March | 29.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 21 | 3.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 57 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 98 | 8.3 | 10.410 h |
| June | 17.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 152 | 10.7 | 9.910 h |
| July | 17.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 130 | 9.9 | 10.110 h |
| August, selected | 17.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 110 | 10.6 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 77 | 8.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 47 | 6.1 | 12.913 h |
| November | 25.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 44 | 6.0 | 13.814 h |
| December | 28.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 25 | 4.4 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Stellenbosch in AugustSouth Africa · 24 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Somerset West in AugustSouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in AugustSouth Africa · 45 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Atlantis in AugustSouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Cape Town in AugustSouth Africa · 55 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in AugustSouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in AugustSouth Africa · 299 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 6.1°C · 33 mm rain
- George in AugustSouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 9.2°C · 53 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 Paarl) is explained once on the Paarl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.