Climate averages 1991–2020
Standerton weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Standerton: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is eMbalenhle (48 km away). In February its highs average 24.9°C, about as warm as Standerton, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Standerton ranks joint 77th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 48th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Standerton is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 81 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
Standerton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 124 | 16.2 | 13.614 h |
| February, selected | 25.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 91 | 12.5 | 13.013 h |
| March | 23.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 81 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 40 | 6.7 | 11.511 h |
| May | 19.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 15 | 2.5 | 10.811 h |
| June | 17.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 7.9 | 1.2 | 10.510 h |
| July | 17.1°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 6.6 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
| August | 20.4°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 13 | 2.2 | 11.211 h |
| September | 24.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 23 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.9°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 91 | 10.5 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 114 | 14.8 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 150 | 17.9 | 13.814 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
- eMbalenhle in FebruarySouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Bethal in FebruarySouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 94 mm rain
- Ermelo in FebruarySouth Africa · 86 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Nigel in FebruarySouth Africa · 94 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Heidelberg, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 100 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Delmas in FebruarySouth Africa · 104 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 114 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Brakpan in FebruarySouth Africa · 116 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 102 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 Standerton) is explained once on the Standerton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.