Bela Bela weather in February

In February, Bela Bela sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 78 mm of rain across 8.7 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in February, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of February to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Bela Bela's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bela Bela's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
78 mm
8.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:55 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover
49%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Bela Bela is human settlement in South Africa.

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

Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical February day in Bela Bela reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°C warmer than March.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Bela Bela weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 20°9712.413.45.0
Feb30° / 19°788.712.95.3
Mar28° / 18°76912.26.3
Apr26° / 14°355.211.47.8
May24° / 10°132.210.89.0
Jun22° / 50.910.58.9
Jul21° / 30.610.69.0
Aug25° / 10°40.911.19.2
Sep28° / 14°131.911.87.5
Oct30° / 16°497.812.65.8
Nov29° / 18°8911.813.25.2
Dec29° / 19°11414.513.54.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
26634
36733
46733
56832
66832
76733
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Bela Bela gets around 78 mm of rain over 8.7 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 32% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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831
931
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1431
1531
1631
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2032
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2531
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2830

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the humid band about 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 12% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
18354314
29354214
39364213
410364113
510374013
611373913
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Wind in February

Winds average 8 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
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118calm
128calm
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Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of February to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.15:466:55
213.15:476:54
313.15:476:54
413.15:486:53
513.15:496:53
613.15:506:53
713.05:506:52
813.05:516:52
913.05:526:51
1013.05:526:50
1113.05:536:50
1212.95:546:49
1312.95:546:49
1412.95:556:48
1512.95:556:47
1612.85:566:47
1712.85:576:46
1812.85:576:45
1912.85:586:45
2012.85:596:44
2112.75:596:43
2212.76:006:42
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2412.76:016:41
2512.66:026:40
2612.66:026:39
2712.66:036:38
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Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 6.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.98 kWh/m² to a high of 6.65 kWh/m² in December across the year — February's 6.23 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
26.5Intense
36.5Intense
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56.5Intense
66.4Intense
76.4Intense
86.4Intense
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276.0Bright
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Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Bela Bela

In seasonPeak

In February, Bela Bela sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Bela Bela's rainy season runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is February a good time to visit Bela Bela?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Bela Bela for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Bela Bela in February

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

In February, Bela Bela sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Bela Bela in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bela Bela peaks around January 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 13UV 14Jun 16UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May6High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug8Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct10Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Bela Bela in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Bela Bela is worst in July — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.7× the cleanest month (January, 14 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 1179 µg/m³Jan 1114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr47Poor
May71Unhealthy
Jun77Unhealthy
Jul79Unhealthy
Aug69Unhealthy
Sep57Unhealthy
Oct31Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bela Bela?

Bela Bela sits at 24.9°S, 28.3°E, 1,136 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Modimolle, 24 km away.

Topography around Bela Bela

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bela Bela has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m around an average of 1,141 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 500 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,093 m.

The land around Bela Bela is covered by shrubs (38%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, shrubs (53%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and shrubs (50%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
171 m
16 km
500 m
80 km
1,093 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
February weather nearby: Modimolle 24 km · Hammanskraal 58 km · Mookgophong 60 km · Vaalbank 65 km · Vaalwater 68 km · Soshanguve 68 km · Mabopane 73 km · Moloto South 74 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
Christian 86%or other traditional African religions 5%nothing in particular 5%Muslim 2%

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 Bela Bela (-24.8833°, 28.2833°, elevation 1,136 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).