Climate averages 1991–2020
Polokwane weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th 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 Polokwane: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.8 mm of rain on fewer than one 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 Mokopane (57 km away). In August its highs average 24.4°C, 2.1°C warmer than Polokwane, with 2.5 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Polokwane ranks joint 20th 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; Polokwane is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.8 mm to 13 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
Polokwane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 116 | 13.7 | 13.413 h |
| February | 26.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 88 | 10.2 | 12.913 h |
| March | 25.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 74 | 9.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 39 | 5.4 | 11.612 h |
| May | 21.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 11 | 2.5 | 11.011 h |
| June | 19.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 4.2 | 0.9 | 10.711 h |
| July | 19.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 3.2 | 0.7 | 10.811 h |
| August, selected | 22.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 11.311 h |
| September | 25.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 13 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 46 | 8.0 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 98 | 13.5 | 13.313 h |
| December | 26.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 131 | 15.9 | 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
- Mokopane in AugustSouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in AugustSouth Africa · 105 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Thohoyandou in AugustSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Bela Bela in AugustSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in AugustSouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Somaroboro in AugustSouth Africa · 173 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Hammanskraal in AugustSouth Africa · 206 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Middelburg in AugustSouth Africa · 208 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 6.7°C · 8.5 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 Polokwane) is explained once on the Polokwane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.