Fochville weather in February

In February, Fochville sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 114 mm of rain across 13 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in February, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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

Daytime high: 27°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 114 mm; 13 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:57 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 9th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 6.35 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Fochville is town in Gauteng, South Africa.

Founded: 1920

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

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical February day in Fochville reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°C warmer than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Fochville weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 17°	128	15.6	13.5	5.8
Feb	27° / 16°	114	13	12.9	6.1
Mar	25° / 15°	85	11.8	12.2	6.8
Apr	23° / 11°	40	7	11.4	7.7
May	21° / 7°	18	2.8	10.7	8.3
Jun	19° / 4°	8	1.4	10.4	8.1
Jul	19° / 3°	3	0.7	10.5	8.3
Aug	22° / 6°	10	1.9	11.1	8.7
Sep	25° / 11°	19	3.3	11.8	8.5
Oct	27° / 13°	69	9.9	12.6	7.0
Nov	27° / 15°	100	13.5	13.3	6.1
Dec	27° / 16°	133	17.4	13.6	5.6

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%.

	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
Clearer (%)	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	65	66	65	65	66	66	66	66	67	67	68	68	69
Cloudier (%)	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	34	35	35	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Fochville gets around 114 mm of rain over 13 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 46% and peaks near 50% 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
Rain chance (%)	50	50	49	49	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	44	44	43	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	50
2	50
3	49
4	49
5	48
6	48
7	47
8	47
9	47
10	47
11	47
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	46
21	46
22	46
23	45
24	45
25	44
26	44
27	43
28	42

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the comfortable band about 47% 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
Dry (%)	18	19	19	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	27	28	29	31
Comfortable (%)	47	48	48	48	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46
Humid (%)	35	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	27	26	25	24	23

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	18	47	35
2	19	48	34
3	19	48	33
4	20	48	33
5	20	47	32
6	21	47	32
7	22	47	32
8	22	46	32
9	22	46	32
10	22	46	32
11	23	46	32
12	23	46	32
13	23	46	32
14	23	46	32
15	23	46	31
16	23	46	31
17	23	46	31
18	23	46	31
19	23	46	30
20	24	46	30
21	24	47	29
22	25	47	29
23	25	47	28
24	26	47	27
25	27	47	26
26	28	47	25
27	29	47	24
28	31	46	23

Wind in February

Winds average 10 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 9 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
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	9	9	9	9
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

	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	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 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 36 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 5:47 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 6:42 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
Daylight (h)	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05
Sunset (PM)	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.2	5:47	7:00
2	13.2	5:47	7:00
3	13.2	5:48	7:00
4	13.2	5:49	6:59
5	13.2	5:50	6:59
6	13.1	5:50	6:58
7	13.1	5:51	6:58
8	13.1	5:52	6:57
9	13.1	5:53	6:56
10	13.0	5:53	6:56
11	13.0	5:54	6:55
12	13.0	5:55	6:55
13	13.0	5:55	6:54
14	13.0	5:56	6:53
15	12.9	5:57	6:53
16	12.9	5:57	6:52
17	12.9	5:58	6:51
18	12.9	5:59	6:50
19	12.8	5:59	6:50
20	12.8	6:00	6:49
21	12.8	6:01	6:48
22	12.8	6:01	6:47
23	12.7	6:02	6:46
24	12.7	6:03	6:45
25	12.7	6:03	6:45
26	12.7	6:04	6:44
27	12.6	6:04	6:43
28	12.6	6:05	6:42

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 6.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.89 kWh/m² to a high of 6.98 kWh/m² in December across the year — February's 6.35 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.6	Intense
2	6.6	Intense
3	6.6	Intense
4	6.6	Intense
5	6.5	Intense
6	6.5	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.4	Intense
12	6.4	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Fochville

In seasonPeak

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

Fochville's rainy season runs October–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 Fochville?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

6.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Fochville in February

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

In February, Fochville sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Fochville 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 Fochville peaks around January 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 5 (high).

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	12	9	6	5	6	7	9	11	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Fochville 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 Fochville is worst in June — around 283 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 5.7× the cleanest month (January, 50 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)	50	72	119	177	261	283	275	213	156	99	70	55
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	50	Poor
Feb	72	Unhealthy
Mar	119	Unhealthy
Apr	177	Very unhealthy
May	261	Very unhealthy
Jun	283	Very unhealthy
Jul	275	Very unhealthy
Aug	213	Very unhealthy
Sep	156	Very unhealthy
Oct	99	Unhealthy
Nov	70	Unhealthy
Dec	55	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Fochville?

Fochville sits at 26.5°S, 27.5°E, 1,478 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Carletonville, 17 km away.

Topography around Fochville

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fochville has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m around an average of 1,479 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 400 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 714 m.

The land around Fochville is covered by grassland (57%) within 3 km, grassland (61%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

117 m

grassland 57%

16 km

400 m

grassland 61%

80 km

714 m

grassland 60%

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← January Fochville year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Carletonville 17 km · Westonaria 24 km · Evaton 36 km · Randfontein 40 km · Vanderbijlpark 42 km · Soweto 44 km · Parys 46 km · Potchefstroom 47 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 Fochville (-26.4886°, 27.4939°, elevation 1,478 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	27	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	17
8	27	16
9	27	16
10	27	16
11	27	16
12	27	16
13	27	16
14	27	16
15	27	16
16	26	16
17	26	16
18	26	16
19	26	16
20	26	16
21	26	16
22	26	16
23	26	16
24	26	16
25	26	16
26	26	16
27	26	16
28	26	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	50
2	50
3	49
4	49
5	48
6	48
7	47
8	47
9	47
10	47
11	47
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	46
21	46
22	46
23	45
24	45
25	44
26	44
27	43
28	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	18	47	35
2	19	48	34
3	19	48	33
4	20	48	33
5	20	47	32
6	21	47	32
7	22	47	32
8	22	46	32
9	22	46	32
10	22	46	32
11	23	46	32
12	23	46	32
13	23	46	32
14	23	46	32
15	23	46	31
16	23	46	31
17	23	46	31
18	23	46	31
19	23	46	30
20	24	46	30
21	24	47	29
22	25	47	29
23	25	47	28
24	26	47	27
25	27	47	26
26	28	47	25
27	29	47	24
28	31	46	23

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	50
2	50
3	49
4	49
5	48
6	48
7	47
8	47
9	47
10	47
11	47
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	46
21	46
22	46
23	45
24	45
25	44
26	44
27	43
28	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	18	47	35
2	19	48	34
3	19	48	33
4	20	48	33
5	20	47	32
6	21	47	32
7	22	47	32
8	22	46	32
9	22	46	32
10	22	46	32
11	23	46	32
12	23	46	32
13	23	46	32
14	23	46	32
15	23	46	31
16	23	46	31
17	23	46	31
18	23	46	31
19	23	46	30
20	24	46	30
21	24	47	29
22	25	47	29
23	25	47	28
24	26	47	27
25	27	47	26
26	28	47	25
27	29	47	24
28	31	46	23

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	50
2	50
3	49
4	49
5	48
6	48
7	47
8	47
9	47
10	47
11	47
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	46
21	46
22	46
23	45
24	45
25	44
26	44
27	43
28	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	18	47	35
2	19	48	34
3	19	48	33
4	20	48	33
5	20	47	32
6	21	47	32
7	22	47	32
8	22	46	32
9	22	46	32
10	22	46	32
11	23	46	32
12	23	46	32
13	23	46	32
14	23	46	32
15	23	46	31
16	23	46	31
17	23	46	31
18	23	46	31
19	23	46	30
20	24	46	30
21	24	47	29
22	25	47	29
23	25	47	28
24	26	47	27
25	27	47	26
26	28	47	25
27	29	47	24
28	31	46	23