Alice weather in August

In August, Alice sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 41 mm of rain across 6.4 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Alice's 3rd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alice's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 41 mm; 6.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 6:53 AM – 5:40 PM
Cloud cover: 35%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 3.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.4; out of 10

Alice is town in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Density: 1,842/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1824

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical August day in Alice reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	7
2	20	7
3	20	7
4	20	7
5	20	7
6	20	7
7	20	7
8	20	7
9	20	7
10	20	7
11	20	7
12	20	7
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	22	8
29	22	9
30	22	9
31	22	9

Alice weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 16°	99	11.9	13.9	6.3
Feb	27° / 16°	93	11.4	13.2	6.2
Mar	26° / 15°	84	11.3	12.2	6.7
Apr	24° / 12°	62	8.2	11.2	7.4
May	22° / 10°	24	4.7	10.3	7.9
Jun	20° / 7°	26	4.2	9.9	7.7
Jul	20° / 7°	28	4.4	10.1	7.7
Aug	21° / 8°	41	6.4	10.8	7.4
Sep	23° / 9°	48	7.5	11.8	7.3
Oct	23° / 11°	71	10.5	12.8	7.0
Nov	25° / 13°	84	11.3	13.7	6.7
Dec	26° / 15°	93	11.9	14.1	6.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	75	75	75	75	75	74	73	73	73	73	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	71	71
Cloudier (%)	25	25	25	25	25	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	74	26
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	71	29
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Alice gets around 41 mm of rain over 6.4 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 20% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	19
2	19
3	19
4	19
5	19
6	19
7	19
8	20
9	20
10	20
11	20
12	20
13	20
14	20
15	20
16	20
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	21
22	22
23	22
24	22
25	22
26	22
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	21
31	21

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:08 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:50 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:35
Sunset (PM)	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	7:08	5:30
2	10.4	7:07	5:30
3	10.4	7:06	5:31
4	10.4	7:05	5:32
5	10.5	7:04	5:33
6	10.5	7:03	5:33
7	10.5	7:03	5:34
8	10.6	7:02	5:35
9	10.6	7:01	5:35
10	10.6	7:00	5:36
11	10.6	6:59	5:37
12	10.7	6:58	5:37
13	10.7	6:57	5:38
14	10.7	6:56	5:39
15	10.8	6:54	5:39
16	10.8	6:53	5:40
17	10.8	6:52	5:41
18	10.8	6:51	5:42
19	10.9	6:50	5:42
20	10.9	6:49	5:43
21	10.9	6:48	5:44
22	11.0	6:46	5:44
23	11.0	6:45	5:45
24	11.0	6:44	5:46
25	11.1	6:43	5:46
26	11.1	6:41	5:47
27	11.1	6:40	5:48
28	11.2	6:39	5:48
29	11.2	6:38	5:49
30	11.2	6:36	5:50
31	11.3	6:35	5:50

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.95 kWh/m² to a high of 6.56 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 3.9 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	4.0	Moderate
19	4.0	Moderate
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Alice?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.4

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Alice for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Alice in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Alice sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Alice in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alice peaks around January 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	12	10	6	5	3	3	5	6	11	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	5	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Alice in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Alice is worst in August — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	7	7	8	10	13	14	15	18	14	11	8	7
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	7	Good
Mar	8	Good
Apr	10	Good
May	13	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	8	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Alice?

Alice sits at 32.8°S, 26.8°E, 522 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Fort Beaufort, 19 km away.

Topography around Alice

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Alice.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alice has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 223 m around an average of 567 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,165 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,356 m.

The land around Alice is covered by grassland (45%) and shrubs (26%) within 3 km, grassland (49%), shrubs (30%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

223 m

grassland 45%

16 km

1,165 m

grassland 49%

80 km

2,356 m

grassland 60%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

← July Alice year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Fort Beaufort 19 km · Dimbaza 36 km · Qonce 53 km · Bhisho 57 km · Stutterheim 60 km · Grahamstown 64 km · Ndevana 64 km · Whittlesea 68 km

South Africa travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / M / N; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,598; 2025
Happiness: 5.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 68%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 43.7; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 22.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 602
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Alice (-32.7875°, 26.8344°, elevation 522 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	7
2	20	7
3	20	7
4	20	7
5	20	7
6	20	7
7	20	7
8	20	7
9	20	7
10	20	7
11	20	7
12	20	7
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	22	8
29	22	9
30	22	9
31	22	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	74	26
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	19
2	19
3	19
4	19
5	19
6	19
7	19
8	20
9	20
10	20
11	20
12	20
13	20
14	20
15	20
16	20
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	21
22	22
23	22
24	22
25	22
26	22
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	21
31	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	7
2	20	7
3	20	7
4	20	7
5	20	7
6	20	7
7	20	7
8	20	7
9	20	7
10	20	7
11	20	7
12	20	7
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	22	8
29	22	9
30	22	9
31	22	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	74	26
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	19
2	19
3	19
4	19
5	19
6	19
7	19
8	20
9	20
10	20
11	20
12	20
13	20
14	20
15	20
16	20
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	21
22	22
23	22
24	22
25	22
26	22
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	21
31	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	7
2	20	7
3	20	7
4	20	7
5	20	7
6	20	7
7	20	7
8	20	7
9	20	7
10	20	7
11	20	7
12	20	7
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	22	8
29	22	9
30	22	9
31	22	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	74	26
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	19
2	19
3	19
4	19
5	19
6	19
7	19
8	20
9	20
10	20
11	20
12	20
13	20
14	20
15	20
16	20
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	21
22	22
23	22
24	22
25	22
26	22
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	21
31	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2