Climate averages 1991–2020
Thohoyandou weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 4th 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 Thohoyandou: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 52 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Louis Trichardt (61 km away). In February its highs average 27.9°C, 0.5°C warmer than Thohoyandou, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Thohoyandou ranks joint 37th of 95 for the warmest February highs and 95th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Thohoyandou is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 156 mm to 97 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Louis Trichardt in FebruarySouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in FebruarySouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Polokwane in FebruarySouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Mokopane in FebruarySouth Africa · 205 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Mbombela in FebruarySouth Africa · 286 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Bela Bela in FebruarySouth Africa · 311 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Somaroboro in FebruarySouth Africa · 315 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in FebruaryMozambique · 317 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 88 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.