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Makhado NU in February

Hot and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Makhado NU is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 67°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Makhado NU is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
67°F19°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
12h 54mon average

Is February a good time to visit Makhado NU?

February sits outside Makhado NU's best months, which run from May to August. Expect hot days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 88°F in February, against 74°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in February, against 23°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in February, against 1% to 37% through the year.

Cloud cover

46% cover in February, against 7% to 51% through the year.

Daylight

12h 54m in February, against 10h 45m to 13h 31m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with February shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. January88°31°low 66°low 19°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. February88°31°low 67°low 19°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. March87°31°low 65°low 18°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Makhado NU sits, in February

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
5:50 AMsets 6:42 PM
Above the sea
860 mupland
Latitude
22.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Thornybush240 km south-east

The land around Makhado NU, shaded by its typical high in February, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in South Africa in February

high · low · wet days
See February on the planning mapThe whole year in Makhado NU

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Makhado NU. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (860 m) against the climate model's (932 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (860 m) against the climate model's (932 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.