Vaalwater weather in August

In August, Vaalwater sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.5 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 22°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 85% 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 Vaalwater's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vaalwater's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 6:37 AM – 5:46 PM
Cloud cover: 15%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.3; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical August day in Vaalwater reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Vaalwater 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° / 18°	101	12.9	13.3	5.6
Feb	28° / 18°	77	9.6	12.8	6.0
Mar	27° / 16°	58	9.2	12.2	6.8
Apr	25° / 13°	33	4.7	11.4	8.0
May	23° / 9°	11	2.1	10.8	8.9
Jun	21° / 6°	5	1	10.5	8.7
Jul	21° / 6°	3	0.6	10.6	8.7
Aug	23° / 9°	2	0.5	11.2	9.3
Sep	27° / 12°	10	1.8	11.8	8.5
Oct	28° / 15°	37	6.3	12.6	6.9
Nov	28° / 17°	73	10.9	13.2	6.0
Dec	28° / 18°	96	14	13.5	5.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 85% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 7%.

	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 (%)	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91
Cloudier (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
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	91	9
30	91	9
31	91	9

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Vaalwater gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.5 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 2% and peaks near 3% 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 (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3

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

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 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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	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	9	10	10
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	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
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16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	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 6:48 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:52 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	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	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	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	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	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23
Sunset (PM)	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	6:48	5:39
2	10.9	6:47	5:40
3	10.9	6:47	5:40
4	10.9	6:46	5:41
5	10.9	6:45	5:41
6	10.9	6:45	5:42
7	11.0	6:44	5:42
8	11.0	6:43	5:43
9	11.0	6:43	5:43
10	11.0	6:42	5:43
11	11.0	6:41	5:44
12	11.1	6:40	5:44
13	11.1	6:40	5:45
14	11.1	6:39	5:45
15	11.1	6:38	5:46
16	11.1	6:37	5:46
17	11.2	6:36	5:46
18	11.2	6:36	5:47
19	11.2	6:35	5:47
20	11.2	6:34	5:48
21	11.3	6:33	5:48
22	11.3	6:32	5:49
23	11.3	6:31	5:49
24	11.3	6:30	5:49
25	11.3	6:29	5:50
26	11.4	6:28	5:50
27	11.4	6:27	5:50
28	11.4	6:26	5:51
29	11.4	6:25	5:51
30	11.5	6:24	5:52
31	11.5	6:23	5:52

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.06 kWh/m² to a high of 6.73 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.15 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)	4.7	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	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7
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	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Vaalwater

In seasonPeak

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

Vaalwater's rainy season runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Vaalwater?

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

9.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.2

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Vaalwater in August

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

In August, Vaalwater sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Vaalwater 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 Vaalwater peaks around January 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 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)	15	13	13	9	6	5	6	8	10	10	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Vaalwater 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 Vaalwater 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 Vaalwater?

Vaalwater sits at 24.3°S, 28.1°E, 1,188 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Modimolle, 53 km away.

Topography around Vaalwater

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vaalwater has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 104 m around an average of 1,170 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 598 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,265 m.

The land around Vaalwater is covered by shrubs (40%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, shrubs (61%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and shrubs (64%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

104 m

shrubs 40%

16 km

598 m

shrubs 61%

80 km

1,265 m

shrubs 64%

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

August weather nearby: Modimolle 53 km · Mookgophong 66 km · Bela Bela 68 km · Thabazimbi 78 km · Lephalale 79 km · Marapong 87 km · Mokopane 91 km · Amandelbult 101 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 Vaalwater (-24.2957°, 28.1141°, elevation 1,188 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	22	7
2	22	7
3	22	7
4	22	7
5	22	7
6	22	7
7	22	8
8	22	8
9	23	8
10	23	8
11	23	8
12	23	8
13	23	8
14	23	8
15	23	8
16	23	9
17	23	9
18	24	9
19	24	9
20	24	9
21	24	9
22	24	9
23	24	9
24	24	10
25	24	10
26	25	10
27	25	10
28	25	10
29	25	10
30	25	10
31	25	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
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	91	9
30	91	9
31	91	9

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
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	91	9
30	91	9
31	91	9

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
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	91	9
30	91	9
31	91	9

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

	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