Climate averages 1991–2020
Phuthaditjhaba weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Phuthaditjhaba: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 135 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bethlehem, South Africa (60 km away). In February its highs average 25.0°C, 1.4°C warmer than Phuthaditjhaba, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Phuthaditjhaba ranks 94th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 92nd of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Phuthaditjhaba is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 135 mm to 100 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
Phuthaditjhaba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 177 | 19.0 | 13.714 h |
| February, selected | 23.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 135 | 15.3 | 13.113 h |
| March | 22.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 100 | 13.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 19.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 53 | 7.8 | 11.411 h |
| May | 17.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 25 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| June | 15.1°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 13 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| July | 15.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 11 | 1.9 | 10.511 h |
| August | 17.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 29 | 4.2 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 32 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.5°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 106 | 12.5 | 12.813 h |
| November | 23.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 135 | 14.3 | 13.514 h |
| December | 23.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 168 | 18.9 | 13.914 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
- Bethlehem, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 60 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Ladysmith in FebruarySouth Africa · 94 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 143 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 139 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 144 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 129 mm rain
- Maseru in FebruaryLesotho · 157 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Standerton in FebruarySouth Africa · 182 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Kroonstad in FebruarySouth Africa · 183 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 196 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 113 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 Phuthaditjhaba) is explained once on the Phuthaditjhaba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.