Climate averages 1991–2020
Thaba Nchu weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Thaba Nchu: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Botshabelo (13 km away). In August its highs average 19.3°C, about as warm as Thaba Nchu, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Thaba Nchu ranks joint 84th of 95 for the warmest August highs and joint 61st of 95 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Thaba Nchu is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 16 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
Thaba Nchu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 102 | 13.5 | 13.814 h |
| February | 27.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 87 | 13.0 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 82 | 11.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 52 | 7.7 | 11.411 h |
| May | 18.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 21 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| June | 15.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 13 | 2.0 | 10.310 h |
| July | 15.7°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 8.4 | 1.7 | 10.510 h |
| August, selected | 18.8°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 18 | 2.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 23.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 53 | 7.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 77 | 9.2 | 13.614 h |
| December | 28.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 88 | 11.6 | 14.014 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
- Botshabelo in AugustSouth Africa · 13 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in AugustSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Maseru in AugustLesotho · 64 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Virginia in AugustSouth Africa · 123 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Welkom in AugustSouth Africa · 137 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in AugustSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Kutloanong in AugustSouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 5.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Kroonstad in AugustSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 15 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 Thaba Nchu) is explained once on the Thaba Nchu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Botshabelo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.