Climate averages 1991–2020
Richards Bay weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and one of the 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 Richards Bay: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is KwaDukuza (95 km away). In August its highs average 23.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Richards Bay, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Richards Bay ranks joint 8th of 95 for the warmest August highs and 83rd of 95 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Richards Bay is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 54 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
Richards Bay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 108 | 13.5 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 95 | 11.9 | 13.113 h |
| March | 28.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 97 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 26.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 79 | 10.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 24.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 56 | 7.6 | 10.711 h |
| June | 23.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 39 | 6.6 | 10.310 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 6.9 | 10.510 h |
| August, selected | 23.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 39 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 54 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 79 | 12.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 93 | 13.2 | 13.514 h |
| December | 27.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 86 | 11.7 | 13.914 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
- KwaDukuza in AugustSouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Ntuzuma in AugustSouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Durban in AugustSouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Pinetown in AugustSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Vryheid in AugustSouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in AugustSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 8.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in AugustSouth Africa · 185 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in AugustSouth Africa · 189 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 22 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 Richards Bay) is explained once on the Richards Bay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.