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Sabi-Sand Game Reserve in August

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Sabi-Sand Game Reserve is warm: highs near 81°F, lows near 54°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 36 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Sabi-Sand Game Reserve is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 36 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
81°F27°Caverage
Low
54°F12°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 12% of days
Daylight
11h 17mon average

Is August a good time to visit Sabi-Sand Game Reserve?

Yes. August is one of Sabi-Sand Game Reserve's best months (May to August).

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 August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 81°F in August, against 78°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in August, against 26°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

12% of days in August, against 8% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

13% cover in August, against 11% to 49% through the year.

Daylight

11h 17m in August, against 10h 37m to 13h 39m through the year.

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

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  1. July78°26°low 50°low 10°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. August81°27°low 54°low 12°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. September86°30°low 58°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Sabi-Sand Game Reserve sits, in August

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:23 AMsets 5:36 PM
Above the sea
350 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.8°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kruger (Skukuza)33 km south-east

The land around Sabi-Sand Game Reserve, shaded by its typical high in August, 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 August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Sabi-Sand Game Reserve

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sabi-Sand Game Reserve. 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 (350 m) against the climate model's (449 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 (350 m) against the climate model's (449 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.