Fort Beaufort weather in February

In February, Fort Beaufort sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 93 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-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 39% of the time in February, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of February to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Fort Beaufort's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fort Beaufort's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 93 mm; 11.4 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 5:52 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 8th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Fort Beaufort is town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Density: 1,265/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1822

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 Fort Beaufort reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 33°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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	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	28	16
2	28	16
3	28	16
4	28	16
5	28	16
6	28	16
7	28	16
8	28	16
9	27	16
10	27	16
11	27	16
12	27	16
13	27	16
14	27	16
15	27	16
16	27	16
17	27	16
18	27	16
19	27	16
20	27	16
21	27	16
22	27	16
23	27	16
24	27	16
25	27	16
26	27	16
27	27	16
28	27	16

Fort Beaufort weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 1st-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° / 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 February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

	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 (%)	58	58	58	57	58	57	57	56	56	55	55	54	54	53	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	56	57	57	58	59	59	60
Cloudier (%)	42	42	42	43	42	43	43	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	47	46	46	45	45	44	44	43	43	42	41	41	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	60	40

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Fort Beaufort gets around 93 mm of rain over 11.4 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 41% and peaks near 43% 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 (%)	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	39	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	39
4	39
5	39
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	43
15	43
16	43
17	43
18	42
19	42
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	40
24	40
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	39

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 43% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

	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 (%)	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	18
Comfortable (%)	37	37	37	36	36	35	34	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34
Humid (%)	39	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	43	42	42
Muggy (%)	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	15	37	39	9
2	14	37	40	9
3	14	37	40	10
4	13	36	40	10
5	13	36	41	10
6	13	35	41	11
7	13	34	42	11
8	13	33	42	11
9	13	32	43	12
10	13	32	43	12
11	13	31	44	12
12	13	31	45	12
13	13	30	45	12
14	13	30	45	12
15	13	30	46	11
16	13	30	46	11
17	14	30	46	11
18	14	30	45	10
19	14	31	45	10
20	15	31	45	10
21	15	31	44	9
22	15	32	44	9
23	16	32	44	8
24	16	33	43	8
25	16	33	43	8
26	17	33	43	7
27	17	34	42	7
28	18	34	42	6

Wind in February

Winds average 9 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
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11	9	calm
12	9	calm
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15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of February to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 5:39 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 7:15 PM to 6:51 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)	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03
Sunset (PM)	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:12	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	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.6	5:39	7:15
2	13.6	5:40	7:14
3	13.5	5:41	7:14
4	13.5	5:42	7:13
5	13.5	5:43	7:12
6	13.5	5:44	7:12
7	13.4	5:45	7:11
8	13.4	5:46	7:10
9	13.4	5:47	7:09
10	13.4	5:47	7:08
11	13.3	5:48	7:08
12	13.3	5:49	7:07
13	13.3	5:50	7:06
14	13.2	5:51	7:05
15	13.2	5:52	7:04
16	13.2	5:53	7:03
17	13.1	5:54	7:02
18	13.1	5:55	7:01
19	13.1	5:55	7:00
20	13.0	5:56	6:59
21	13.0	5:57	6:58
22	13.0	5:58	6:57
23	13.0	5:59	6:56
24	12.9	6:00	6:55
25	12.9	6:01	6:54
26	12.9	6:01	6:53
27	12.8	6:02	6:52
28	12.8	6:03	6:51

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.72 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 — February's 5.72 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)	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	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	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.0	Intense
5	6.0	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Fort Beaufort?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

6.4

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Fort Beaufort in February

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

In February, Fort Beaufort sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Fort Beaufort in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fort Beaufort 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 Fort Beaufort 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 Fort Beaufort 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 Fort Beaufort?

Fort Beaufort sits at 32.8°S, 26.6°E, 444 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Alice, 19 km away.

Topography around Fort Beaufort

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fort Beaufort has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 306 m around an average of 452 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 791 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,350 m.

The land around Fort Beaufort is covered by grassland (44%) and shrubs (22%) within 3 km, grassland (41%), shrubs (35%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (63%) within 80 km.

3 km

306 m

grassland 44%

16 km

791 m

grassland 41%

80 km

2,350 m

grassland 63%

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

February weather nearby: Alice 19 km · Dimbaza 55 km · Grahamstown 60 km · Whittlesea 69 km · Qonce 72 km · Bhisho 76 km · Stutterheim 77 km · Ndevana 83 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 Fort Beaufort (-32.7748°, 26.6338°, elevation 444 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	28	16
2	28	16
3	28	16
4	28	16
5	28	16
6	28	16
7	28	16
8	28	16
9	27	16
10	27	16
11	27	16
12	27	16
13	27	16
14	27	16
15	27	16
16	27	16
17	27	16
18	27	16
19	27	16
20	27	16
21	27	16
22	27	16
23	27	16
24	27	16
25	27	16
26	27	16
27	27	16
28	27	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	39
4	39
5	39
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	43
15	43
16	43
17	43
18	42
19	42
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	40
24	40
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	15	37	39	9
2	14	37	40	9
3	14	37	40	10
4	13	36	40	10
5	13	36	41	10
6	13	35	41	11
7	13	34	42	11
8	13	33	42	11
9	13	32	43	12
10	13	32	43	12
11	13	31	44	12
12	13	31	45	12
13	13	30	45	12
14	13	30	45	12
15	13	30	46	11
16	13	30	46	11
17	14	30	46	11
18	14	30	45	10
19	14	31	45	10
20	15	31	45	10
21	15	31	44	9
22	15	32	44	9
23	16	32	44	8
24	16	33	43	8
25	16	33	43	8
26	17	33	43	7
27	17	34	42	7
28	18	34	42	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	39
4	39
5	39
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	43
15	43
16	43
17	43
18	42
19	42
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	40
24	40
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	15	37	39	9
2	14	37	40	9
3	14	37	40	10
4	13	36	40	10
5	13	36	41	10
6	13	35	41	11
7	13	34	42	11
8	13	33	42	11
9	13	32	43	12
10	13	32	43	12
11	13	31	44	12
12	13	31	45	12
13	13	30	45	12
14	13	30	45	12
15	13	30	46	11
16	13	30	46	11
17	14	30	46	11
18	14	30	45	10
19	14	31	45	10
20	15	31	45	10
21	15	31	44	9
22	15	32	44	9
23	16	32	44	8
24	16	33	43	8
25	16	33	43	8
26	17	33	43	7
27	17	34	42	7
28	18	34	42	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	39
4	39
5	39
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	43
15	43
16	43
17	43
18	42
19	42
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	40
24	40
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	15	37	39	9
2	14	37	40	9
3	14	37	40	10
4	13	36	40	10
5	13	36	41	10
6	13	35	41	11
7	13	34	42	11
8	13	33	42	11
9	13	32	43	12
10	13	32	43	12
11	13	31	44	12
12	13	31	45	12
13	13	30	45	12
14	13	30	45	12
15	13	30	46	11
16	13	30	46	11
17	14	30	46	11
18	14	30	45	10
19	14	31	45	10
20	15	31	45	10
21	15	31	44	9
22	15	32	44	9
23	16	32	44	8
24	16	33	43	8
25	16	33	43	8
26	17	33	43	7
27	17	34	42	7
28	18	34	42	6