Climate averages 1991–2020
Somaroboro weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd 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 Somaroboro: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hammanskraal (55 km away). In August its highs average 24.0°C, 1.6°C warmer than Somaroboro, with 5.4 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Somaroboro ranks 19th of 95 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 95 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Somaroboro is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.0 mm to 14 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
Somaroboro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 94 | 13.6 | 13.514 h |
| February | 27.4°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 78 | 9.8 | 13.013 h |
| March | 26.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 68 | 9.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 30 | 4.8 | 11.512 h |
| May | 21.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 13 | 2.1 | 10.911 h |
| June | 19.0°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 4.7 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
| July | 19.0°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 2.5 | 0.4 | 10.711 h |
| August, selected | 22.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 4.0 | 1.1 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 14 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 49 | 7.5 | 12.713 h |
| November | 26.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 78 | 11.1 | 13.313 h |
| December | 27.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 91 | 13.8 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Hammanskraal in AugustSouth Africa · 55 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Emalahleni in AugustSouth Africa · 71 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 5.4°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Soshanguve in AugustSouth Africa · 75 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Bela Bela in AugustSouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Pretoria in AugustSouth Africa · 79 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Middelburg in AugustSouth Africa · 79 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 6.7°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Centurion in AugustSouth Africa · 86 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in AugustSouth Africa · 89 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 7.7°C · 5.6 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 Somaroboro) is explained once on the Somaroboro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.