Climate averages 1991–2020
Parys weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 5th 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 Parys: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sasolburg (37 km away). In February its highs average 26.2°C, 0.9°C cooler than Parys, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Parys ranks joint 41st of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 54th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Parys is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 80 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
Parys climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 120 | 15.5 | 13.614 h |
| February, selected | 27.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 95 | 13.0 | 13.013 h |
| March | 25.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 80 | 11.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 41 | 6.8 | 11.511 h |
| May | 20.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 20 | 3.3 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.1°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 9.8 | 1.6 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 4.7 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.7°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 14 | 2.2 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 19 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 72 | 10.2 | 12.713 h |
| November | 27.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 94 | 12.6 | 13.413 h |
| December | 27.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 129 | 16.6 | 13.814 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
- Sasolburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 37 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Potchefstroom in FebruarySouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Vanderbijlpark in FebruarySouth Africa · 43 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 105 mm rain
- Vereeniging in FebruarySouth Africa · 53 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Evaton in FebruarySouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Carletonville in FebruarySouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Westonaria in FebruarySouth Africa · 68 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Stilfontein in FebruarySouth Africa · 69 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 83 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 Parys) is explained once on the Parys year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.