Marapong weather in February

In February, Marapong sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 60 mm of rain across 7.6 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in February, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of February to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Marapong's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Marapong's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 60 mm; 7.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 6:00 AM – 6:49 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 10th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 6.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical February day in Marapong reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 36°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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	32	22
14	32	22
15	32	22
16	32	22
17	32	22
18	32	21
19	32	21
20	31	21
21	31	21
22	31	21
23	31	21
24	31	21
25	31	21
26	31	21
27	31	21
28	31	21

How February really feels in Marapong

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February 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

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

Marapong 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	32° / 22°	81	10.1	13.3	4.1
Feb	32° / 22°	60	7.6	12.8	4.4
Mar	30° / 20°	42	6.4	12.2	5.4
Apr	28° / 16°	21	3.2	11.5	7.3
May	26° / 12°	7	1.4	10.9	8.9
Jun	23° / 8°	4	0.8	10.6	9.3
Jul	23° / 8°	2	0.4	10.7	9.3
Aug	26° / 11°	1	0.3	11.2	9.0
Sep	30° / 16°	6	1.4	11.9	6.6
Oct	32° / 19°	23	3.8	12.6	5.0
Nov	32° / 20°	55	8.4	13.1	4.3
Dec	32° / 21°	70	10.3	13.4	4.1

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	62	62	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	63	63	64	65	65	66	68	68	69	70	70
Cloudier (%)	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	36	35	35	34	32	32	31	30	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Marapong gets around 60 mm of rain over 7.6 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 27% and peaks near 30% 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 (%)	30	29	28	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27

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

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 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 21% 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 (%)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	14
Comfortable (%)	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Humid (%)	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	38	37	37	37	36
Muggy (%)	25	24	24	23	23	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	19

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	26	39	25
2	9	27	39	24
3	10	28	38	24
4	10	29	38	23
5	10	30	37	23
6	10	31	37	22
7	10	32	36	21
8	10	32	36	21
9	10	33	36	21
10	10	33	35	21
11	10	34	35	20
12	10	34	35	20
13	10	34	35	21
14	10	34	35	21
15	10	34	35	21
16	10	34	35	21
17	10	33	35	21
18	10	33	35	22
19	10	33	36	22
20	10	32	36	22
21	10	32	37	22
22	10	31	37	21
23	10	31	37	21
24	11	31	38	21
25	11	31	37	20
26	12	31	37	20
27	13	31	37	19
28	14	31	36	19

Wind in February

Winds average 11 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	11	calm
2	11	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	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of February to 12 h 30 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 5:51 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:39 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)	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07
Sunset (PM)	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:39

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.1	5:51	6:55
2	13.1	5:51	6:55
3	13.0	5:52	6:55
4	13.0	5:53	6:54
5	13.0	5:53	6:54
6	13.0	5:54	6:53
7	13.0	5:55	6:53
8	13.0	5:55	6:53
9	12.9	5:56	6:52
10	12.9	5:57	6:51
11	12.9	5:57	6:51
12	12.9	5:58	6:50
13	12.9	5:58	6:50
14	12.8	5:59	6:49
15	12.8	6:00	6:49
16	12.8	6:00	6:48
17	12.8	6:01	6:47
18	12.8	6:01	6:47
19	12.7	6:02	6:46
20	12.7	6:02	6:45
21	12.7	6:03	6:45
22	12.7	6:04	6:44
23	12.6	6:04	6:43
24	12.6	6:05	6:42
25	12.6	6:05	6:41
26	12.6	6:06	6:41
27	12.6	6:06	6:40
28	12.5	6:07	6:39

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 6.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.03 kWh/m² to a high of 6.76 kWh/m² in October across the year — February's 6.24 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)	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
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	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.5	Intense
2	6.5	Intense
3	6.5	Intense
4	6.5	Intense
5	6.4	Intense
6	6.4	Intense
7	6.4	Intense
8	6.4	Intense
9	6.4	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.1	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.0	Intense
25	6.0	Intense
26	6.0	Intense
27	6.0	Bright
28	6.0	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Marapong?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

6.9

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Marapong in February

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

In February, Marapong sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

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UV index in Marapong 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 Marapong peaks around January 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 at about 6 (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	13	12	9	6	5	6	8	9	10	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Marapong 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 Marapong is worst in September — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× 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	9	10	12	16	15	16	14	17	12	8	6
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	10	Good
Apr	12	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	8	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Marapong?

Marapong sits at 23.7°S, 27.6°E, 870 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Lephalale, 12 km away.

Topography around Marapong

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Marapong has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 865 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 363 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 899 m.

The land around Marapong is covered by shrubs (63%) within 3 km, shrubs (66%) within 16 km, and shrubs (81%) within 80 km.

3 km

72 m

shrubs 63%

16 km

363 m

shrubs 66%

80 km

899 m

shrubs 81%

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

February weather nearby: Lephalale 12 km · Vaalwater 87 km · Mahalapye 103 km · Thabazimbi 106 km · Palapye 133 km · Amandelbult 134 km · Modimolle 140 km · Mookgophong 146 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 Marapong (-23.6551°, 27.6249°, elevation 870 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	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	32	22
14	32	22
15	32	22
16	32	22
17	32	22
18	32	21
19	32	21
20	31	21
21	31	21
22	31	21
23	31	21
24	31	21
25	31	21
26	31	21
27	31	21
28	31	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	26	39	25
2	9	27	39	24
3	10	28	38	24
4	10	29	38	23
5	10	30	37	23
6	10	31	37	22
7	10	32	36	21
8	10	32	36	21
9	10	33	36	21
10	10	33	35	21
11	10	34	35	20
12	10	34	35	20
13	10	34	35	21
14	10	34	35	21
15	10	34	35	21
16	10	34	35	21
17	10	33	35	21
18	10	33	35	22
19	10	33	36	22
20	10	32	36	22
21	10	32	37	22
22	10	31	37	21
23	10	31	37	21
24	11	31	38	21
25	11	31	37	20
26	12	31	37	20
27	13	31	37	19
28	14	31	36	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	32	22
14	32	22
15	32	22
16	32	22
17	32	22
18	32	21
19	32	21
20	31	21
21	31	21
22	31	21
23	31	21
24	31	21
25	31	21
26	31	21
27	31	21
28	31	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	26	39	25
2	9	27	39	24
3	10	28	38	24
4	10	29	38	23
5	10	30	37	23
6	10	31	37	22
7	10	32	36	21
8	10	32	36	21
9	10	33	36	21
10	10	33	35	21
11	10	34	35	20
12	10	34	35	20
13	10	34	35	21
14	10	34	35	21
15	10	34	35	21
16	10	34	35	21
17	10	33	35	21
18	10	33	35	22
19	10	33	36	22
20	10	32	36	22
21	10	32	37	22
22	10	31	37	21
23	10	31	37	21
24	11	31	38	21
25	11	31	37	20
26	12	31	37	20
27	13	31	37	19
28	14	31	36	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	32	22
14	32	22
15	32	22
16	32	22
17	32	22
18	32	21
19	32	21
20	31	21
21	31	21
22	31	21
23	31	21
24	31	21
25	31	21
26	31	21
27	31	21
28	31	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	26	39	25
2	9	27	39	24
3	10	28	38	24
4	10	29	38	23
5	10	30	37	23
6	10	31	37	22
7	10	32	36	21
8	10	32	36	21
9	10	33	36	21
10	10	33	35	21
11	10	34	35	20
12	10	34	35	20
13	10	34	35	21
14	10	34	35	21
15	10	34	35	21
16	10	34	35	21
17	10	33	35	21
18	10	33	35	22
19	10	33	36	22
20	10	32	36	22
21	10	32	37	22
22	10	31	37	21
23	10	31	37	21
24	11	31	38	21
25	11	31	37	20
26	12	31	37	20
27	13	31	37	19
28	14	31	36	19