Knysna climate

Knysna Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 18°C on August 1 to 20°C on August 31, and lows from 10°C to 10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 53 mm over about 9 wet days.

August day by day

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

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

August at a glance

Average high
19°C
Average low
10°C
Precipitation
53 mm
Reanalysis high
31°CAug 27, 2016
Reanalysis low
4°CAug 31, 2020
Daylight
10 h 27 min to 11 h 21 min
Cloud cover
43%
Humidity
70%
Dew point
7°C
Wind
11.5 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 118°C10°C26°C 20004°C 199624%
Aug 218°C10°C27°C 19956°C 201224%
Aug 318°C10°C25°C 19986°C 200324%
Aug 418°C10°C26°C 20107°C 199323%
Aug 518°C10°C24°C 19926°C 199323%
Aug 618°C10°C27°C 20055°C 200322%
Aug 718°C10°C26°C 20036°C 201123%
Aug 818°C10°C28°C 20007°C 200724%
Aug 918°C10°C28°C 20026°C 201825%
Aug 1018°C9°C27°C 20026°C 201326%
Aug 1118°C9°C28°C 20165°C 199426%
Aug 1218°C9°C26°C 20086°C 199125%
Aug 1318°C10°C27°C 19917°C 199526%
Aug 1418°C10°C28°C 19916°C 199626%
Aug 1518°C10°C29°C 20006°C 199626%
Aug 1618°C10°C28°C 20096°C 200526%
Aug 1718°C10°C27°C 20146°C 200526%
Aug 1818°C10°C30°C 19995°C 201825%
Aug 1918°C10°C26°C 20045°C 200326%
Aug 2019°C10°C27°C 19924°C 200327%
Aug 2119°C10°C26°C 20195°C 200328%
Aug 2219°C10°C27°C 20196°C 201327%
Aug 2319°C10°C25°C 19965°C 201328%
Aug 2419°C10°C27°C 20196°C 199528%
Aug 2519°C10°C28°C 19936°C 199827%
Aug 2619°C10°C27°C 20166°C 199227%
Aug 2719°C10°C31°C 20166°C 201826%
Aug 2819°C10°C29°C 20166°C 201125%
Aug 2919°C10°C30°C 20166°C 201925%
Aug 3019°C10°C29°C 20106°C 202024%
Aug 3120°C10°C28°C 20164°C 202022%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Knysna, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

August 1
sunrise 7:21 AM, sunset 5:48 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:48 AM, sunset 6:09 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.