Climate averages 1991–2020
Potchefstroom weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Potchefstroom: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stilfontein (36 km away). In February its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Potchefstroom, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Potchefstroom ranks joint 32nd of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 50th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Potchefstroom is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 76 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
Potchefstroom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 109 | 15.0 | 13.614 h |
| February, selected | 27.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 93 | 12.3 | 13.013 h |
| March | 26.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 76 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 39 | 6.8 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 19 | 2.9 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 8.7 | 1.5 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 3.9 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| August | 22.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 11 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 65 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 81 | 12.2 | 13.413 h |
| December | 28.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 112 | 16.0 | 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
- Stilfontein in FebruarySouth Africa · 36 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Parys in FebruarySouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in FebruarySouth Africa · 46 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Carletonville in FebruarySouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Orkney in FebruarySouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Westonaria in FebruarySouth Africa · 70 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Sasolburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 72 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Vanderbijlpark in FebruarySouth Africa · 73 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 105 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 Potchefstroom) is explained once on the Potchefstroom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.