Climate averages 1991–2020
Vryheid weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: one of the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Vryheid: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, South Africa (70 km away). In February its highs average 26.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Vryheid, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Vryheid ranks joint 64th of 95 for the warmest February highs and 83rd of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Vryheid is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 98 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
Vryheid climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 139 | 17.4 | 13.714 h |
| February, selected | 25.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 114 | 14.3 | 13.113 h |
| March | 24.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 98 | 13.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 51 | 8.1 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 19 | 3.3 | 10.811 h |
| June | 19.2°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 13 | 1.7 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 14 | 1.9 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.6°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 22 | 3.8 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 39 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 97 | 13.1 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 137 | 17.7 | 13.513 h |
| December | 25.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 158 | 19.2 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Dundee, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 70 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 129 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 85 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Piet Retief in FebruarySouth Africa · 85 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Ladysmith in FebruarySouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 143 mm rain
- Manzini in FebruaryEswatini · 153 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Ermelo in FebruarySouth Africa · 159 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Mbabane in FebruaryEswatini · 165 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 177 mm rain
- Richards Bay in FebruarySouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 95 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 Vryheid) is explained once on the Vryheid year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.