Climate averages 1991–2020
Upington weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 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 Upington: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kimberley (344 km away). In August its highs average 21.6°C, 1.2°C cooler than Upington, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Upington ranks 15th of 95 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 95 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Upington is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.8 mm to 4.9 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
Upington climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 35 | 5.4 | 13.714 h |
| February | 34.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 31 | 6.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 32.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 36 | 5.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 27.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 25 | 3.6 | 11.411 h |
| May | 24.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 12 | 1.8 | 10.711 h |
| June | 20.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 5.2 | 0.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 20.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 3.9 | 0.9 | 10.511 h |
| August, selected | 22.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 27.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 30.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 14 | 2.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 32.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 13 | 2.4 | 13.514 h |
| December | 34.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 27 | 3.8 | 13.914 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
- Kimberley in AugustSouth Africa · 344 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 5.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in AugustSouth Africa · 424 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in AugustSouth Africa · 489 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Mafikeng in AugustSouth Africa · 520 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 6.9°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in AugustSouth Africa · 537 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Welkom in AugustSouth Africa · 539 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Bothaville in AugustSouth Africa · 540 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Botshabelo in AugustSouth Africa · 540 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 18 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 Upington) is explained once on the Upington year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.