Hoopstad weather in August

In August, Hoopstad sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 13 mm of rain across 1.8 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Hoopstad's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hoopstad's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 13 mm; 1.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:50 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover: 16%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.9; out of 10

Hoopstad is town in the Free State, South Africa.

Founded: 1873

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 21°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical August day in Hoopstad reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 17°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°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)	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8

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

How August really feels in Hoopstad

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Hoopstad weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 18°	85	12.4	13.6	4.7
Feb	30° / 18°	70	11.1	13	5.1
Mar	28° / 16°	65	10.2	12.2	6.3
Apr	25° / 12°	41	6.5	11.4	7.8
May	22° / 7°	19	2.7	10.6	8.6
Jun	19° / 3°	11	1.4	10.3	8.2
Jul	19° / 3°	5	0.7	10.4	8.4
Aug	22° / 6°	13	1.8	11	8.9
Sep	26° / 10°	15	2.4	11.8	8.5
Oct	28° / 13°	43	6.9	12.7	6.7
Nov	30° / 15°	62	8.7	13.4	5.6
Dec	31° / 17°	81	11.9	13.7	4.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%.

	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 (%)	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	91	91
Cloudier (%)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	91	9
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	91	9
31	91	9

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Hoopstad gets around 13 mm of rain over 1.8 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 5% and peaks near 7% 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 (%)	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7

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

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:02 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 5:42 PM to 5:58 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)	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	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	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35
Sunset (PM)	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	7:02	5:42
2	10.7	7:02	5:43
3	10.7	7:01	5:43
4	10.7	7:00	5:44
5	10.7	7:00	5:45
6	10.8	6:59	5:45
7	10.8	6:58	5:46
8	10.8	6:57	5:46
9	10.8	6:57	5:47
10	10.9	6:56	5:47
11	10.9	6:55	5:48
12	10.9	6:54	5:48
13	10.9	6:53	5:49
14	11.0	6:52	5:49
15	11.0	6:51	5:50
16	11.0	6:50	5:51
17	11.0	6:49	5:51
18	11.1	6:48	5:52
19	11.1	6:48	5:52
20	11.1	6:47	5:53
21	11.1	6:45	5:53
22	11.2	6:44	5:54
23	11.2	6:43	5:54
24	11.2	6:42	5:55
25	11.2	6:41	5:55
26	11.3	6:40	5:56
27	11.3	6:39	5:56
28	11.3	6:38	5:57
29	11.3	6:37	5:57
30	11.4	6:36	5:58
31	11.4	6:35	5:58

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.74 kWh/m² to a high of 7.63 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 4.95 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)	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6
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	4.4	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Hoopstad?

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

8.9

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.1

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Hoopstad for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Hoopstad in August

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

In August, Hoopstad sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: light clothes, a warm layer and sun protection.

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UV index in Hoopstad in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hoopstad peaks around January 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 5 (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	8	6	5	5	7	9	10	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	7	High
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Hoopstad 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 Hoopstad is worst in June — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.3× the cleanest month (December, 6 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	10	11	13	17	19	19	17	17	12	6	6
Level	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	13	Moderate
May	17	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	12	Good
Nov	6	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Hoopstad?

Hoopstad sits at 27.8°S, 25.9°E, 1,253 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Bloemhof, 36 km away.

Topography around Hoopstad

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hoopstad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 1,246 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 320 m.

The land around Hoopstad is covered by grassland (42%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, cropland (52%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and cropland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

46 m

grassland 42%

16 km

63 m

cropland 52%

80 km

320 m

grassland 54%

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

August weather nearby: Bloemhof 36 km · Wesselsbron 45 km · Bultfontein 56 km · Makwassie 58 km · Wolmaransstad 71 km · Allanridge 73 km · Leeudoringstad 74 km · Christiana 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

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 Hoopstad (-27.8327°, 25.9083°, elevation 1,253 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	4
2	20	4
3	21	4
4	21	4
5	21	4
6	21	4
7	21	4
8	21	4
9	21	5
10	21	5
11	21	5
12	22	5
13	22	5
14	22	5
15	22	5
16	22	5
17	22	6
18	22	6
19	22	6
20	23	6
21	23	6
22	23	6
23	23	6
24	23	7
25	23	7
26	23	7
27	24	7
28	24	7
29	24	7
30	24	8
31	24	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	91	9
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	91	9
31	91	9

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	91	9
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	91	9
31	91	9

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	91	9
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	91	9
31	91	9

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