Climate averages 1991–2020
Piet Retief weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Piet Retief: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the 9th 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 Manzini (80 km away). In February its highs average 27.1°C, 2.3°C warmer than Piet Retief, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Piet Retief ranks joint 82nd of 95 for the warmest February highs and 84th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Piet Retief is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 103 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
Piet Retief climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 144 | 18.2 | 13.614 h |
| February, selected | 24.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 117 | 14.0 | 13.013 h |
| March | 23.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 103 | 13.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 48 | 7.7 | 11.511 h |
| May | 20.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 18 | 3.3 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.3°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 12 | 2.0 | 10.611 h |
| August | 20.9°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 21 | 3.6 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 38 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 96 | 13.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 131 | 16.9 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 155 | 19.4 | 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
- Manzini in FebruaryEswatini · 80 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Mbabane in FebruaryEswatini · 83 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 177 mm rain
- Vryheid in FebruarySouth Africa · 85 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Ermelo in FebruarySouth Africa · 98 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 121 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 141 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 129 mm rain
- Bethal in FebruarySouth Africa · 147 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 94 mm rain
- Standerton in FebruarySouth Africa · 156 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 91 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 Piet Retief) is explained once on the Piet Retief year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.