Climate averages 1991–2020
Worcester, South Africa weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Worcester, South Africa: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paarl (45 km away). In February its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Worcester, South Africa, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Worcester, South Africa ranks joint 3rd of 95 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Worcester, South Africa is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 28 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
Worcester, South Africa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 24 | 5.2 | 14.114 h |
| February, selected | 31.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 21 | 5.1 | 13.313 h |
| March | 29.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 28 | 6.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 33 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 39 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| June | 17.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 60 | 8.2 | 10.010 h |
| July | 17.0°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 59 | 8.1 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 51 | 8.5 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.9°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 35 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 36 | 6.0 | 12.913 h |
| November | 26.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 35 | 6.1 | 13.814 h |
| December | 29.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 24 | 5.0 | 14.314 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
- Paarl in FebruarySouth Africa · 45 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in FebruarySouth Africa · 63 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Somerset West in FebruarySouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Atlantis in FebruarySouth Africa · 90 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Cape Town in FebruarySouth Africa · 100 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in FebruarySouth Africa · 255 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in FebruarySouth Africa · 256 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 30 mm rain
- George in FebruarySouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 42 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 Worcester) is explained once on the Worcester, South Africa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.