De Aar weather in August

In August, De Aar sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.3 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is De Aar's 2nd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see De Aar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 11 mm; 2.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 7:02 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover: 23%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.65 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

De Aar is town in the Northern Cape, South Africa.

Density: 378/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1903

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical August day in De Aar reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 4°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)	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6

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

How August really feels in De Aar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 11 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

De Aar weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 17°	56	7.2	13.8	5.0
Feb	31° / 17°	47	7.7	13.1	5.2
Mar	28° / 15°	48	7	12.2	6.7
Apr	24° / 11°	31	5	11.3	8.1
May	20° / 7°	19	3.1	10.5	7.8
Jun	17° / 3°	14	2.5	10.1	6.7
Jul	17° / 2°	10	2.1	10.2	6.8
Aug	19° / 4°	11	2.3	10.9	7.8
Sep	23° / 8°	14	2.1	11.8	8.6
Oct	26° / 11°	24	3.7	12.8	8.2
Nov	28° / 13°	33	4.6	13.6	7.2
Dec	31° / 16°	37	5.2	13.9	5.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%.

	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 (%)	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	86	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	85	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83
Cloudier (%)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	86	14
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	85	15
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

De Aar gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.3 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 7% and peaks near 9% 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 (%)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7

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

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 100% 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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 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 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:15 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 6:03 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)	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:44
Sunset (PM)	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	7:15	5:45
2	10.5	7:14	5:46
3	10.5	7:14	5:46
4	10.6	7:13	5:47
5	10.6	7:12	5:48
6	10.6	7:11	5:48
7	10.6	7:10	5:49
8	10.7	7:09	5:49
9	10.7	7:08	5:50
10	10.7	7:08	5:51
11	10.7	7:07	5:51
12	10.8	7:06	5:52
13	10.8	7:05	5:53
14	10.8	7:04	5:53
15	10.9	7:03	5:54
16	10.9	7:02	5:54
17	10.9	7:01	5:55
18	10.9	7:00	5:56
19	11.0	6:58	5:56
20	11.0	6:57	5:57
21	11.0	6:56	5:57
22	11.0	6:55	5:58
23	11.1	6:54	5:59
24	11.1	6:53	5:59
25	11.1	6:52	6:00
26	11.2	6:51	6:01
27	11.2	6:49	6:01
28	11.2	6:48	6:02
29	11.3	6:47	6:02
30	11.3	6:46	6:03
31	11.3	6:44	6:03

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.35 kWh/m² to a high of 8.54 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 4.65 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)	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.1	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit De Aar?

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

7.8

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

3.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for De Aar in August

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

In August, De Aar sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in De Aar in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in De Aar peaks around January 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 4 (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)	15	13	11	7	5	4	4	6	8	12	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	7	High
May	5	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is De Aar?

De Aar sits at 30.6°S, 24.0°E, 1,247 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Middelburg, 133 km away.

Topography around De Aar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around De Aar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m around an average of 1,251 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 348 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 918 m.

The land around De Aar is covered by grassland (50%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, grassland (83%) within 16 km, and grassland (89%) within 80 km.

3 km

132 m

grassland 50%

16 km

348 m

grassland 83%

80 km

918 m

grassland 89%

shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

August weather nearby: Middelburg 133 km · Graaff Reinet 185 km · Burgersdorp 225 km · Kimberley 225 km · Cradock 227 km · Beaufort West 233 km · Aliwal North 258 km · Bloemfontein 272 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 De Aar (-30.6497°, 24.0123°, elevation 1,247 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. 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	17	3
2	17	3
3	18	3
4	18	3
5	18	3
6	18	3
7	18	3
8	18	3
9	18	3
10	18	4
11	18	4
12	18	4
13	18	4
14	18	4
15	19	4
16	19	4
17	19	4
18	19	4
19	19	4
20	19	5
21	19	5
22	19	5
23	20	5
24	20	5
25	20	5
26	20	5
27	20	6
28	20	6
29	21	6
30	21	6
31	21	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	86	14
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	85	15
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	86	14
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	85	15
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	86	14
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	85	15
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

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

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