Climate averages 1991–2020
Qonce weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Qonce: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhisho (6 km away). In February its highs average 26.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Qonce, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Qonce ranks 46th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 26th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Qonce is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 80 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
Qonce climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 78 | 11.2 | 14.014 h |
| February, selected | 26.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 78 | 10.6 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 80 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 67 | 7.8 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 23 | 4.3 | 10.510 h |
| June | 20.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 23 | 3.5 | 10.010 h |
| July | 20.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 27 | 3.8 | 10.210 h |
| August | 21.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 40 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| September | 22.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 48 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 64 | 9.9 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 78 | 10.5 | 13.814 h |
| December | 25.4°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 78 | 12.1 | 14.314 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
- Bhisho in FebruarySouth Africa · 6 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Mdantsane in FebruarySouth Africa · 36 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 80 mm rain
- East London in FebruarySouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Grahamstown in FebruarySouth Africa · 93 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Queenstown in FebruarySouth Africa · 120 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Mthatha in FebruarySouth Africa · 194 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Motherwell in FebruarySouth Africa · 196 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Gqeberha in FebruarySouth Africa · 204 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 38 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 Qonce) is explained once on the Qonce year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.