Vaalbank weather in February

In February, Vaalbank sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 78 mm of rain across 9.8 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in February, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of February to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Vaalbank's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vaalbank's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 78 mm; 9.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:53 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 9th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 6.3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; 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 30°C through the month.

A typical February day in Vaalbank reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 34°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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

Vaalbank weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 19°	94	13.6	13.4	4.8
Feb	30° / 19°	78	9.8	12.9	5.2
Mar	28° / 18°	68	9	12.2	6.3
Apr	26° / 15°	30	4.8	11.4	7.8
May	24° / 10°	13	2.1	10.8	9.0
Jun	22° / 7°	5	0.9	10.5	8.9
Jul	22° / 7°	3	0.4	10.6	9.0
Aug	25° / 10°	4	1.1	11.1	9.2
Sep	28° / 14°	14	2	11.8	7.7
Oct	29° / 16°	49	7.5	12.6	6.0
Nov	29° / 17°	78	11.1	13.2	5.3
Dec	29° / 19°	91	13.9	13.5	4.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%. 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 (%)	66	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	68	68	68	70	70	71	72
Cloudier (%)	34	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	32	32	32	30	30	29	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	72	28

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Vaalbank gets around 78 mm of rain over 9.8 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 35% and peaks near 39% 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 (%)	39	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	38
4	38
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	35
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	33

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 41% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 9% 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 (%)	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	17	18	19	20
Comfortable (%)	36	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	38
Humid (%)	45	44	43	43	42	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	40	39	37	36	34
Muggy (%)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	8	36	45	11
2	8	37	44	10
3	9	38	43	10
4	9	38	43	10
5	10	39	42	10
6	10	39	41	10
7	11	39	40	10
8	11	39	40	9
9	12	39	40	9
10	12	39	40	9
11	13	39	40	9
12	13	38	40	9
13	13	38	40	9
14	13	37	40	9
15	14	37	41	9
16	14	37	41	9
17	14	36	42	8
18	14	36	42	8
19	14	36	42	8
20	14	36	42	8
21	14	36	42	8
22	15	36	42	8
23	15	36	41	8
24	16	36	40	8
25	17	37	39	8
26	18	37	37	8
27	19	38	36	8
28	20	38	34	8

Wind in February

Winds average 8 km/h in February.

Across February, 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
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
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	8	calm
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4	8	calm
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7	8	calm
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9	8	calm
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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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of February to 12 h 36 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 5:43 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 6:35 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)	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	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	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01
Sunset (PM)	6:53	6:52	6:52	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	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.2	5:43	6:53
2	13.1	5:44	6:52
3	13.1	5:45	6:52
4	13.1	5:45	6:52
5	13.1	5:46	6:51
6	13.1	5:47	6:51
7	13.0	5:48	6:50
8	13.0	5:48	6:50
9	13.0	5:49	6:49
10	13.0	5:50	6:49
11	13.0	5:50	6:48
12	12.9	5:51	6:47
13	12.9	5:52	6:47
14	12.9	5:52	6:46
15	12.9	5:53	6:45
16	12.9	5:54	6:45
17	12.8	5:54	6:44
18	12.8	5:55	6:43
19	12.8	5:55	6:43
20	12.8	5:56	6:42
21	12.7	5:57	6:41
22	12.7	5:57	6:40
23	12.7	5:58	6:40
24	12.7	5:58	6:39
25	12.6	5:59	6:38
26	12.6	6:00	6:37
27	12.6	6:00	6:36
28	12.6	6:01	6:35

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 6.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.96 kWh/m² to a high of 6.7 kWh/m² in December across the year — February's 6.3 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)	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	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	6.1	6.1	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	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.6	Intense
2	6.6	Intense
3	6.6	Intense
4	6.5	Intense
5	6.5	Intense
6	6.5	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.4	Intense
12	6.4	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.0	Intense

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Vaalbank

In seasonPeak

In February, Vaalbank sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Vaalbank'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 February a good time to visit Vaalbank?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

6.9

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Vaalbank in February

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

In February, Vaalbank sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

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UV index in Vaalbank 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 Vaalbank peaks around January 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 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	13	12	8	6	5	6	7	9	10	11	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Vaalbank 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 Vaalbank is worst in July — around 188 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 6.6× the cleanest month (January, 29 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)	29	43	67	114	169	185	188	142	108	62	43	32
Level	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	29	Moderate
Feb	43	Poor
Mar	67	Unhealthy
Apr	114	Unhealthy
May	169	Very unhealthy
Jun	185	Very unhealthy
Jul	188	Very unhealthy
Aug	142	Unhealthy
Sep	108	Unhealthy
Oct	62	Unhealthy
Nov	43	Poor
Dec	32	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Vaalbank?

Vaalbank sits at 25.2°S, 28.9°E, 983 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Siyabuswa, 20 km away.

Topography around Vaalbank

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vaalbank has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 965 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 518 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 900 m.

The land around Vaalbank is covered by shrubs (52%) within 3 km, shrubs (56%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%) and shrubs (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

62 m

shrubs 52%

16 km

518 m

shrubs 56%

80 km

900 m

grassland 40%

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

February weather nearby: Siyabuswa 20 km · Kwaggafontein 21 km · Somaroboro 22 km · Moloto South 40 km · Verena 41 km · Ekangala 59 km · Hammanskraal 64 km · Bela Bela 65 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 Vaalbank (-25.1523°, 28.8556°, elevation 983 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	30	20
2	30	20
3	30	20
4	30	20
5	30	20
6	30	20
7	30	20
8	30	20
9	30	20
10	30	19
11	30	19
12	30	19
13	30	19
14	30	19
15	30	19
16	30	19
17	30	19
18	30	19
19	30	19
20	30	19
21	30	19
22	30	19
23	29	19
24	29	19
25	29	19
26	29	19
27	29	19
28	29	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	72	28

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	38
4	38
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	35
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	8	36	45	11
2	8	37	44	10
3	9	38	43	10
4	9	38	43	10
5	10	39	42	10
6	10	39	41	10
7	11	39	40	10
8	11	39	40	9
9	12	39	40	9
10	12	39	40	9
11	13	39	40	9
12	13	38	40	9
13	13	38	40	9
14	13	37	40	9
15	14	37	41	9
16	14	37	41	9
17	14	36	42	8
18	14	36	42	8
19	14	36	42	8
20	14	36	42	8
21	14	36	42	8
22	15	36	42	8
23	15	36	41	8
24	16	36	40	8
25	17	37	39	8
26	18	37	37	8
27	19	38	36	8
28	20	38	34	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	72	28

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	38
4	38
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	35
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	8	36	45	11
2	8	37	44	10
3	9	38	43	10
4	9	38	43	10
5	10	39	42	10
6	10	39	41	10
7	11	39	40	10
8	11	39	40	9
9	12	39	40	9
10	12	39	40	9
11	13	39	40	9
12	13	38	40	9
13	13	38	40	9
14	13	37	40	9
15	14	37	41	9
16	14	37	41	9
17	14	36	42	8
18	14	36	42	8
19	14	36	42	8
20	14	36	42	8
21	14	36	42	8
22	15	36	42	8
23	15	36	41	8
24	16	36	40	8
25	17	37	39	8
26	18	37	37	8
27	19	38	36	8
28	20	38	34	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	72	28

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	38
4	38
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	35
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	8	36	45	11
2	8	37	44	10
3	9	38	43	10
4	9	38	43	10
5	10	39	42	10
6	10	39	41	10
7	11	39	40	10
8	11	39	40	9
9	12	39	40	9
10	12	39	40	9
11	13	39	40	9
12	13	38	40	9
13	13	38	40	9
14	13	37	40	9
15	14	37	41	9
16	14	37	41	9
17	14	36	42	8
18	14	36	42	8
19	14	36	42	8
20	14	36	42	8
21	14	36	42	8
22	15	36	42	8
23	15	36	41	8
24	16	36	40	8
25	17	37	39	8
26	18	37	37	8
27	19	38	36	8
28	20	38	34	8