Climate averages 1991–2020
Thaba Nchu weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Thaba Nchu: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Botshabelo (13 km away). In February its highs average 27.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Thaba Nchu, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Thaba Nchu ranks 40th of 95 for the warmest February highs and joint 40th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Thaba Nchu is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 82 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Botshabelo in FebruarySouth Africa · 13 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in FebruarySouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Maseru in FebruaryLesotho · 64 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Virginia in FebruarySouth Africa · 123 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Welkom in FebruarySouth Africa · 137 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in FebruarySouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Kutloanong in FebruarySouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Kroonstad in FebruarySouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 81 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.