Louis Trichardt weather in August

In August, Louis Trichardt sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Louis Trichardt's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Louis Trichardt's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 3 mm; 0.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 6:29 AM – 5:40 PM
Cloud cover: 23%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.86 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.1; out of 10

Louis Trichardt is town in Limpopo, South Africa.

Founded: 1899

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 23°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical August day in Louis Trichardt reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C warmer than July and about 3°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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Louis Trichardt weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 19°	102	13.2	13.3	5.9
Feb	28° / 19°	87	10.5	12.8	6.2
Mar	27° / 17°	50	9	12.2	6.8
Apr	26° / 15°	21	5.2	11.5	7.8
May	24° / 12°	10	1.9	10.9	8.9
Jun	22° / 9°	5	1.1	10.6	8.8
Jul	22° / 9°	5	0.9	10.7	8.7
Aug	24° / 11°	3	0.9	11.2	9.1
Sep	27° / 14°	10	2.1	11.9	8.4
Oct	27° / 16°	22	4.6	12.5	7.4
Nov	28° / 17°	77	10.3	13.1	6.0
Dec	28° / 18°	103	13.5	13.4	5.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% 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 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 (%)	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	84	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	88	88	88	88
Cloudier (%)	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	88	12

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Louis Trichardt gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.9 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 5% 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 (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5

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

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 98% 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	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	95	5

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, 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	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	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	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	9	calm
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7	9	calm
8	9	calm
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25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:39 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 5:34 PM to 5:46 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)	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15
Sunset (PM)	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	6:39	5:34
2	10.9	6:38	5:35
3	11.0	6:38	5:35
4	11.0	6:37	5:36
5	11.0	6:36	5:36
6	11.0	6:36	5:36
7	11.0	6:35	5:37
8	11.0	6:34	5:37
9	11.1	6:34	5:38
10	11.1	6:33	5:38
11	11.1	6:32	5:38
12	11.1	6:32	5:39
13	11.1	6:31	5:39
14	11.2	6:30	5:40
15	11.2	6:29	5:40
16	11.2	6:29	5:40
17	11.2	6:28	5:41
18	11.2	6:27	5:41
19	11.3	6:26	5:42
20	11.3	6:25	5:42
21	11.3	6:24	5:42
22	11.3	6:24	5:43
23	11.3	6:23	5:43
24	11.4	6:22	5:43
25	11.4	6:21	5:44
26	11.4	6:20	5:44
27	11.4	6:19	5:44
28	11.4	6:18	5:45
29	11.5	6:17	5:45
30	11.5	6:16	5:45
31	11.5	6:15	5:46

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.16 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 4.86 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	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4
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	4.4	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Louis Trichardt?

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

9.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.6

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Louis Trichardt in August

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

In August, Louis Trichardt sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Louis Trichardt in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Louis Trichardt peaks around January 20 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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)	14	14	13	9	7	5	6	8	9	10	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Louis Trichardt 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 Louis Trichardt is worst in July — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.2× the cleanest month (January, 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	9	11	16	21	21	23	22	21	14	10	8
Level	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	9	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	16	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	10	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Louis Trichardt?

Louis Trichardt sits at 23.0°S, 29.9°E, 956 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Thohoyandou, 61 km away.

Topography around Louis Trichardt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Louis Trichardt has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 392 m around an average of 978 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 920 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,302 m.

The land around Louis Trichardt is covered by trees (51%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and shrubs (28%) within 16 km, and shrubs (57%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

392 m

trees 51%

16 km

920 m

trees 57%

80 km

1,302 m

shrubs 57%

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

August weather nearby: Thohoyandou 61 km · Tshitereke 63 km · Duiwelskloof 76 km · Musina 79 km · Malamulele 79 km · Giyani 88 km · Tzaneen 92 km · Beitbridge 93 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 Louis Trichardt (-23.0438°, 29.9032°, elevation 956 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	23	10
2	23	10
3	23	10
4	23	10
5	23	10
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	10
9	23	10
10	24	10
11	24	10
12	24	11
13	24	11
14	24	11
15	24	11
16	24	11
17	24	11
18	24	11
19	24	11
20	25	11
21	25	11
22	25	11
23	25	12
24	25	12
25	25	12
26	25	12
27	25	12
28	25	12
29	25	12
30	26	12
31	26	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	88	12

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	88	12

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	88	12

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	95	5