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Pretoria in February

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Pretoria is warm: highs near 85°F, lows near 63°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Pretoria is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
63°F17°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 43% of days
Daylight
13h 00mon average

Is February a good time to visit Pretoria?

February sits outside Pretoria's best months, which run in two parts: April to June, or August to September. Expect warm days and rain on about three 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 85°F in February, against 69°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in February, against 21°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

43% of days in February, against 2% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

39% cover in February, against 9% to 45% through the year.

Daylight

13h 00m in February, against 10h 33m to 13h 43m 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. January85°29°low 63°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. February85°29°low 63°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. March83°28°low 61°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Pretoria sits, in February

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
5:52 AMsets 6:51 PM
Above the sea
1,330 mupland
Latitude
25.7°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Johannesburg53 km south

The land around Pretoria, 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 Pretoria

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Pretoria. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.