Durban climate

Durban Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 21°C on August 1 to 21°C on August 31, and lows from 19°C to 19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 34 mm over about 6 wet days.

August day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Durban, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

August at a glance

Average high
21°C
Average low
19°C
Precipitation
34 mm
Record high
38°CAug 27, 2021
Record low
4°CAug 10, 2016
Daylight
10 h 43 min to 11 h 28 min
Cloud cover
41%
Humidity
74%
Dew point
15°C
Wind
25.6 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Aug 121°C19°C30°C 201017%
Aug 221°C19°C30°C 20109°C 202517%
Aug 321°C19°C31°C 201914°C 201817%
Aug 421°C19°C29°C 20105°C 202517%
Aug 521°C19°C32°C 20257°C 202517%
Aug 621°C19°C28°C 201411°C 202517%
Aug 721°C19°C31°C 20139°C 201317%
Aug 821°C19°C31°C 20137°C 202518%
Aug 921°C19°C36°C 20209°C 202518%
Aug 1021°C19°C27°C 20174°C 201620%
Aug 1121°C19°C29°C 20179°C 202420%
Aug 1221°C19°C29°C 201711°C 202519%
Aug 1321°C19°C27°C 20259°C 202518%
Aug 1421°C19°C34°C 201511°C 202518%
Aug 1521°C19°C33°C 201210°C 202318%
Aug 1621°C19°C33°C 201211°C 202318%
Aug 1721°C19°C29°C 201314°C 201217%
Aug 1821°C19°C29°C 201312°C 201717%
Aug 1921°C19°C35°C 20149°C 201816%
Aug 2021°C19°C35°C 201416°C 201616%
Aug 2121°C19°C30°C 20138°C 202517%
Aug 2221°C19°C31°C 201114°C 202516%
Aug 2321°C19°C31°C 201112°C 202516%
Aug 2421°C19°C28°C 202015°C 201816%
Aug 2521°C19°C27°C 201815°C 201816%
Aug 2621°C19°C35°C 201914°C 202015%
Aug 2721°C19°C38°C 20219°C 202016%
Aug 2821°C19°C29°C 20147°C 202116%
Aug 2921°C19°C30°C 20127°C 202116%
Aug 3021°C19°C30°C 201212°C 202017%
Aug 3121°C19°C29°C 201012°C 202017%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Durban, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

August 1
sunrise 6:41 AM, sunset 5:24 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:12 AM, sunset 5:40 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station SFM00068592, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.