Phuthaditjhaba climate

Phuthaditjhaba Weather in August

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Phuthaditjhaba, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 15°C on August 1 to 19°C on August 31, and lows from 0°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 19 mm over about 3 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Phuthaditjhaba, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
17°C
Average low
1°C
Precipitation
19 mm
Reanalysis high
25°CAug 21, 2007
Reanalysis low
-7°CAug 21, 2003
Daylight
10 h 47 min to 11 h 30 min
Cloud cover
33%
Humidity
52%
Dew point
-3°C
Wind
16.6 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Aug 115°C0°C20°C 2020-3°C 20168%
Aug 215°C0°C20°C 2007-3°C 19918%
Aug 315°C0°C19°C 2001-3°C 20167%
Aug 415°C0°C20°C 2019-5°C 19918%
Aug 515°C0°C21°C 2004-6°C 20068%
Aug 616°C0°C21°C 2004-4°C 19968%
Aug 716°C0°C22°C 2005-4°C 20128%
Aug 816°C1°C21°C 2005-4°C 19929%
Aug 916°C1°C20°C 1995-6°C 201210%
Aug 1016°C1°C20°C 2004-6°C 201011%
Aug 1116°C1°C20°C 2009-4°C 201811%
Aug 1216°C1°C21°C 1998-5°C 201211%
Aug 1316°C1°C21°C 2004-4°C 201211%
Aug 1416°C1°C22°C 2010-3°C 199611%
Aug 1517°C1°C22°C 1999-3°C 199611%
Aug 1617°C1°C22°C 2015-5°C 201111%
Aug 1717°C1°C22°C 2019-4°C 201111%
Aug 1817°C1°C21°C 2015-5°C 202011%
Aug 1917°C1°C21°C 1992-6°C 202011%
Aug 2017°C2°C24°C 2007-7°C 200311%
Aug 2117°C2°C25°C 2007-7°C 200312%
Aug 2218°C2°C24°C 2007-4°C 200312%
Aug 2318°C2°C23°C 2008-4°C 199512%
Aug 2418°C2°C24°C 2012-3°C 199812%
Aug 2518°C2°C24°C 2012-5°C 199811%
Aug 2618°C2°C23°C 2015-2°C 200312%
Aug 2718°C2°C23°C 2015-3°C 201812%
Aug 2819°C2°C24°C 2016-4°C 200711%
Aug 2919°C3°C25°C 2015-4°C 201411%
Aug 3019°C3°C25°C 2015-6°C 201412%
Aug 3119°C3°C24°C 2015-5°C 201313%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Phuthaditjhaba, in percent.0510151102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

August 1
sunrise 6:48 AM, sunset 5:35 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 5:50 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.