Climate averages 1991–2020
Queenstown weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Queenstown: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhisho (118 km away). In February its highs average 26.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Queenstown, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Queenstown ranks 36th of 95 for the warmest February highs and 63rd of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Queenstown is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 78 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
Queenstown climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 100 | 13.9 | 14.014 h |
| February, selected | 27.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 98 | 13.4 | 13.213 h |
| March | 26.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 78 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 47 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| May | 20.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 14 | 3.4 | 10.511 h |
| June | 17.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 12 | 2.4 | 10.110 h |
| July | 17.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 13 | 2.3 | 10.310 h |
| August | 19.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 21 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| September | 23.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 33 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 55 | 10.1 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 72 | 11.8 | 13.714 h |
| December | 27.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 91 | 13.7 | 14.214 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 · 118 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Qonce in FebruarySouth Africa · 120 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Mdantsane in FebruarySouth Africa · 143 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 80 mm rain
- East London in FebruarySouth Africa · 158 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Grahamstown in FebruarySouth Africa · 160 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Mthatha in FebruarySouth Africa · 184 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Motherwell in FebruarySouth Africa · 243 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Kariega in FebruarySouth Africa · 248 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 44 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 Queenstown) is explained once on the Queenstown year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.