Climate averages 1991–2020
Rustenburg weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd 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 Rustenburg: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 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 12 h 59 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brits (54 km away). In February its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Rustenburg, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Rustenburg ranks joint 15th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 46th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Rustenburg is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 70 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
Rustenburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 94 | 14.2 | 13.514 h |
| February, selected | 28.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 90 | 11.9 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 70 | 10.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 33 | 5.8 | 11.512 h |
| May | 22.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 17 | 2.2 | 10.911 h |
| June | 19.7°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 7.2 | 1.3 | 10.611 h |
| July | 19.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 2.9 | 0.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 23.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 6.6 | 1.2 | 11.211 h |
| September | 27.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 14 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 48 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 73 | 11.2 | 13.313 h |
| December | 28.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 111 | 14.7 | 13.714 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
- Brits in FebruarySouth Africa · 54 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Krugersdorp in FebruarySouth Africa · 71 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 106 mm rain
- Randfontein in FebruarySouth Africa · 74 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 118 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in FebruarySouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Carletonville in FebruarySouth Africa · 79 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Westonaria in FebruarySouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Roodepoort in FebruarySouth Africa · 84 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Soshanguve in FebruarySouth Africa · 89 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 82 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 Rustenburg) is explained once on the Rustenburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.