Climate averages 1991–2020
Phalaborwa weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Phalaborwa: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thohoyandou (130 km away). In August its highs average 23.9°C, 2.4°C cooler than Phalaborwa, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Phalaborwa ranks 1st of 95 for the warmest August highs and joint 5th of 95 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Phalaborwa is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.8 mm to 11 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
Phalaborwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 93 | 9.3 | 13.413 h |
| February | 30.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 69 | 8.0 | 12.913 h |
| March | 30.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 43 | 6.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.512 h |
| May | 26.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 8.9 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| June | 24.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 3.7 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| July | 23.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 4.5 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| August, selected | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 24 | 4.0 | 12.613 h |
| November | 30.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 62 | 7.9 | 13.313 h |
| December | 30.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 93 | 9.8 | 13.614 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
- Thohoyandou in AugustSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in AugustSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Polokwane in AugustSouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Mbombela in AugustSouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in AugustMozambique · 188 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Mokopane in AugustSouth Africa · 218 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Chibuto in AugustMozambique · 256 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.5°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Matola in AugustMozambique · 261 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.9°C · 13 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 Phalaborwa) is explained once on the Phalaborwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.