Mpophomeni weather in August

In August, Mpophomeni sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 36 mm of precipitation across 6.5 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Mpophomeni's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mpophomeni's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 36 mm; 6.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 6:36 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover: 34%; 4th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.19 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

Mpophomeni is human settlement in South Africa.

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 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical August day in Mpophomeni reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 2°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	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Mpophomeni weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 16°	157	18.6	13.7	5.3
Feb	26° / 16°	132	15.8	13.1	5.6
Mar	25° / 15°	110	15.2	12.2	6.1
Apr	23° / 12°	66	10.1	11.3	7.0
May	21° / 9°	30	5.4	10.5	7.7
Jun	20° / 6°	23	3.9	10.1	7.7
Jul	20° / 5°	29	4	10.3	7.8
Aug	21° / 8°	36	6.5	10.9	7.5
Sep	23° / 10°	54	9.6	11.8	7.0
Oct	23° / 12°	101	16.2	12.7	5.9
Nov	24° / 13°	126	18.3	13.5	5.4
Dec	25° / 15°	149	20.5	13.9	5.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%. Skies tend to cloud over 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	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	82	82	81	81	81	80	80	79	78	77	77	76	75	75	75	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	72	71	72	72	72	72	72	72	71
Cloudier (%)	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	21	22	23	23	24	25	25	25	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	79	21
9	78	22
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	76	24
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mpophomeni gets around 36 mm of rain and snow over 6.5 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 21% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	25	25

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

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	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1

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

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	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	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	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
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 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 6:48 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 5:22 PM to 5:40 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)	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	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	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19
Sunset (PM)	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	6:48	5:22
2	10.6	6:48	5:23
3	10.6	6:47	5:23
4	10.6	6:46	5:24
5	10.7	6:45	5:25
6	10.7	6:45	5:25
7	10.7	6:44	5:26
8	10.7	6:43	5:26
9	10.7	6:42	5:27
10	10.8	6:41	5:28
11	10.8	6:40	5:28
12	10.8	6:39	5:29
13	10.8	6:38	5:29
14	10.9	6:37	5:30
15	10.9	6:37	5:31
16	10.9	6:36	5:31
17	11.0	6:35	5:32
18	11.0	6:34	5:32
19	11.0	6:32	5:33
20	11.0	6:31	5:33
21	11.1	6:30	5:34
22	11.1	6:29	5:35
23	11.1	6:28	5:35
24	11.1	6:27	5:36
25	11.2	6:26	5:36
26	11.2	6:25	5:37
27	11.2	6:24	5:37
28	11.3	6:22	5:38
29	11.3	6:21	5:39
30	11.3	6:20	5:39
31	11.3	6:19	5:40

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.35 kWh/m² to a high of 5.65 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 4.19 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)	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	3.8	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Moderate
8	4.0	Moderate
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.0	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Mpophomeni

In seasonPeak

None of Mpophomeni's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Mpophomeni'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 August a good time to visit Mpophomeni?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Mpophomeni for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Mpophomeni in August

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

In August, Mpophomeni sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Mpophomeni in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mpophomeni peaks around January 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 4 (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	7	6	4	4	6	7	11	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	7	High
May	6	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Mpophomeni 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 Mpophomeni is worst in July — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.3× the cleanest month (December, 17 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)	17	21	27	37	51	57	71	58	49	28	25	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	21	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	37	Poor
May	51	Poor
Jun	57	Unhealthy
Jul	71	Unhealthy
Aug	58	Unhealthy
Sep	49	Poor
Oct	28	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Mpophomeni?

Mpophomeni sits at 29.6°S, 30.2°E, 1,103 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Howick, 11 km away.

Topography around Mpophomeni

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mpophomeni has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 356 m around an average of 1,154 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,101 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,371 m.

The land around Mpophomeni is covered by grassland (70%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

356 m

grassland 70%

16 km

1,101 m

grassland 46%

80 km

3,371 m

grassland 49%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

August weather nearby: Howick 11 km · Pietermaritzburg 21 km · Richmond 35 km · Mooi River 44 km · Mpumalanga 51 km · Greytown 69 km · Estcourt 69 km · Wembesi 70 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 Mpophomeni (-29.5682°, 30.1862°, elevation 1,103 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	6
2	20	6
3	20	6
4	20	7
5	20	7
6	21	7
7	21	7
8	21	7
9	21	7
10	21	7
11	21	7
12	21	7
13	21	7
14	21	7
15	21	7
16	21	7
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	22	8
22	22	8
23	22	8
24	22	8
25	22	8
26	22	9
27	22	9
28	22	9
29	22	9
30	23	9
31	23	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	79	21
9	78	22
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	76	24
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28
31	71	29

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	79	21
9	78	22
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	76	24
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28
31	71	29

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	79	21
9	78	22
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	76	24
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28
31	71	29

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

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