Vredenburg weather in August

In August, Vredenburg sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 41 mm of rain across 6.9 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Vredenburg's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vredenburg's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 41 mm; 6.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:29 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover: 39%; 9th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Vredenburg is town in the Western Cape, South Africa.

Density: 3,344/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1875

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical August day in Vredenburg reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Vredenburg weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-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	21° / 17°	7	1.5	13.9	8.5
Feb	21° / 17°	6	1.3	13.2	8.5
Mar	20° / 16°	8	1.6	12.3	8.1
Apr	19° / 15°	19	3.3	11.2	7.3
May	17° / 14°	31	5.5	10.3	6.5
Jun	16° / 12°	53	8.3	9.9	5.6
Jul	16° / 12°	47	6.8	10.1	5.6
Aug	16° / 12°	41	6.9	10.8	5.6
Sep	17° / 13°	23	5.4	11.8	6.2
Oct	18° / 14°	12	2.9	12.8	7.2
Nov	19° / 15°	13	2.7	13.7	7.6
Dec	20° / 16°	7	1.8	14.1	8.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%. 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 (%)	76	76	75	75	75	76	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	71	71	70	70	69	69	69	69	68	68
Cloudier (%)	24	24	25	25	25	24	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	31	31	32	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	68	32
31	68	32

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Vredenburg gets around 41 mm of rain over 6.9 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 22% and peaks near 22% 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 (%)	22	22	22	22	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

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

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 94% 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 (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90
Comfortable (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

Wind in August

Winds average 19 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	19	light breeze
2	19	light breeze
3	19	light breeze
4	19	light breeze
5	19	light breeze
6	19	light breeze
7	19	light breeze
8	19	light breeze
9	19	light breeze
10	19	light breeze
11	19	light breeze
12	19	light breeze
13	19	light breeze
14	19	light breeze
15	19	light breeze
16	19	light breeze
17	19	light breeze
18	19	light breeze
19	19	light breeze
20	19	light breeze
21	19	light breeze
22	19	light breeze
23	19	light breeze
24	19	light breeze
25	19	light breeze
26	19	light breeze
27	19	light breeze
28	19	light breeze
29	19	light breeze
30	19	light breeze
31	19	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 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 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:43 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:26 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)	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:43	7:42	7:42	7:41	7:40	7:39	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:10
Sunset (PM)	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	7:43	6:05
2	10.4	7:42	6:06
3	10.4	7:42	6:06
4	10.4	7:41	6:07
5	10.5	7:40	6:08
6	10.5	7:39	6:08
7	10.5	7:38	6:09
8	10.5	7:37	6:10
9	10.6	7:36	6:10
10	10.6	7:35	6:11
11	10.6	7:34	6:12
12	10.7	7:33	6:13
13	10.7	7:32	6:13
14	10.7	7:31	6:14
15	10.7	7:30	6:15
16	10.8	7:29	6:15
17	10.8	7:28	6:16
18	10.8	7:27	6:17
19	10.9	7:25	6:17
20	10.9	7:24	6:18
21	10.9	7:23	6:19
22	11.0	7:22	6:20
23	11.0	7:21	6:20
24	11.0	7:19	6:21
25	11.1	7:18	6:22
26	11.1	7:17	6:22
27	11.1	7:16	6:23
28	11.2	7:14	6:24
29	11.2	7:13	6:24
30	11.2	7:12	6:25
31	11.3	7:10	6:26

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.64 kWh/m² to a high of 8.39 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 3.72 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)	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.3	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	4.0	Moderate
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Vredenburg?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.6

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Vredenburg for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vredenburg in August

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

In August, Vredenburg sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Vredenburg in August

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 17°C and coldest in July near 15°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	15	Cool
May	15	Cool
Jun	15	Bracing
Jul	15	Bracing
Aug	15	Bracing
Sep	15	Bracing
Oct	15	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Vredenburg in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Vredenburg peaks around January 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 3 (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)	14	11	10	6	4	3	3	5	6	10	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Vredenburg?

Vredenburg sits at 32.9°S, 18.0°E, 129 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Saldanha, 12 km away.

Topography around Vredenburg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vredenburg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m around an average of 110 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 263 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,454 m.

The land around Vredenburg is covered by cropland (57%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) within 16 km, and water (46%), cropland (25%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

136 m

cropland 57%

16 km

263 m

cropland 46%

80 km

1,454 m

water 46%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

August weather nearby: Saldanha 12 km · Moorreesburg 68 km · Atlantis 87 km · Malmesbury 92 km · Durbanville 120 km · Cape Town 120 km · Kraaifontein 125 km · Wellington 125 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 Vredenburg (-32.9072°, 17.99°, elevation 129 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. 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	16	12
2	16	12
3	16	12
4	16	12
5	16	12
6	16	12
7	16	12
8	16	12
9	16	12
10	16	12
11	16	12
12	16	12
13	16	12
14	16	12
15	16	12
16	16	12
17	16	12
18	16	12
19	16	12
20	16	12
21	16	12
22	16	12
23	16	12
24	16	12
25	16	12
26	16	12
27	16	12
28	16	12
29	16	12
30	16	12
31	16	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10