Climate averages 1991–2020
Phalaborwa weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Phalaborwa: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thohoyandou (130 km away). In February its highs average 27.4°C, 3.3°C cooler than Phalaborwa, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Phalaborwa ranks 5th of 95 for the warmest February highs and 16th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Phalaborwa is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 43 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Thohoyandou in FebruarySouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 156 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in FebruarySouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Polokwane in FebruarySouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Mbombela in FebruarySouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in FebruaryMozambique · 188 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Mokopane in FebruarySouth Africa · 218 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Chibuto in FebruaryMozambique · 256 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Matola in FebruaryMozambique · 261 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 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.