Climate averages 1991–2020
Thohoyandou weather
in August.
A warm, fairly 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 Thohoyandou: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Louis Trichardt (61 km away). In August its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Thohoyandou, with 3.3 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Thohoyandou ranks joint 6th of 95 for the warmest August highs and joint 59th of 95 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Thohoyandou is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 36 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
Thohoyandou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 179 | 15.4 | 13.413 h |
| February | 27.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 156 | 13.5 | 12.913 h |
| March | 26.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 97 | 12.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 47 | 8.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 24 | 4.4 | 11.011 h |
| June | 21.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 15 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| July | 21.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 21 | 4.1 | 10.911 h |
| August, selected | 23.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 17 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| September | 26.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 36 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 55 | 9.5 | 12.613 h |
| November | 27.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 120 | 12.4 | 13.213 h |
| December | 27.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 161 | 14.5 | 13.514 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
- Louis Trichardt in AugustSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in AugustSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Polokwane in AugustSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Mokopane in AugustSouth Africa · 205 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Mbombela in AugustSouth Africa · 286 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Bela Bela in AugustSouth Africa · 311 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Somaroboro in AugustSouth Africa · 315 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in AugustMozambique · 317 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 8.9 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 Thohoyandou) is explained once on the Thohoyandou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.