Climate averages 1991–2020
Richards Bay weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Richards Bay: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 95 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 06 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is KwaDukuza (95 km away). In February its highs average 27.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Richards Bay, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Richards Bay ranks joint 15th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 54th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Richards Bay is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 97 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- KwaDukuza in FebruarySouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Ntuzuma in FebruarySouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Durban in FebruarySouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Pinetown in FebruarySouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Vryheid in FebruarySouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in FebruarySouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 185 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 189 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 129 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.