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Thornybush in August

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Thornybush is warm: highs near 81°F, lows near 54°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 35 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Thornybush is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 12°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 35 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
81°F27°Caverage
Low
54°F12°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 7% of days
Daylight
11h 18mon average

Is August a good time to visit Thornybush?

Yes. August is one of Thornybush'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 77°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in August, against 25°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

7% of days in August, against 5% to 44% through the year.

Cloud cover

11% cover in August, against 9% to 48% through the year.

Daylight

11h 18m in August, against 10h 38m to 13h 38m 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.

Either side

  1. July77°25°low 51°low 11°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August81°27°low 54°low 12°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. September85°29°low 59°low 15°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Thornybush sits, in August

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:23 AMsets 5:37 PM
Above the sea
480 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Sabi-Sand Game Reserve36 km south-east

The land around Thornybush, 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 Thornybush

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Thornybush. 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 (480 m) against the climate model's (535 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 (480 m) against the climate model's (535 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.