Climate averages 1991–2020
Welkom weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Welkom: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Odendaalsrus (12 km away). In August its highs average 20.9°C, about as warm as Welkom, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Welkom ranks joint 61st of 95 for the warmest August highs and joint 53rd of 95 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Welkom is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 14 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
Welkom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 92 | 13.1 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 75 | 11.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 67 | 10.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 46 | 6.8 | 11.411 h |
| May | 20.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 19 | 3.2 | 10.811 h |
| June | 17.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 12 | 1.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 17.3°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 6.3 | 1.0 | 10.511 h |
| August, selected | 20.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 15 | 2.0 | 11.111 h |
| September | 25.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 14 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 51 | 7.5 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 67 | 8.9 | 13.513 h |
| December | 29.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 91 | 13.1 | 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
- Odendaalsrus in AugustSouth Africa · 12 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Kutloanong in AugustSouth Africa · 16 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 5.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Virginia in AugustSouth Africa · 19 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Kroonstad in AugustSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Bothaville in AugustSouth Africa · 66 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Orkney in AugustSouth Africa · 111 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 5.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in AugustSouth Africa · 125 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Stilfontein in AugustSouth Africa · 126 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 5.9°C · 10 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 Welkom) is explained once on the Welkom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Virginia lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.