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When to go to Margate
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Margate has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in December to October.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in May to August.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): November.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): January to March.
- The warmest month is February (26°C) and the coolest August (21°C). The wettest is November (152 mm) and the driest June (32 mm); about 1,098 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The model's grid cell here is mostly sea, so the daily high and low sit closer together than they do on land: afternoons ashore are usually warmer, and nights cooler.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, mixed
- FebMild–warm, mixed
- MarMild–warm, mixed
- AprMild–warm, mixed
- MayMild–warm, dry
- JunMild–warm, dry
- JulMild–warm, dry
- AugMild–warm, dry
- SeptMild–warm, mixed
- OctMild–warm, mixed
- NovWet
- DecMild–warm, mixed
Month by month
Every month in Margate
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25°C | 24°C | 133 mm | 82% | 78% | 5.6 | 23°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| February | 26°C | 24°C | 102 mm | 81% | 75% | 5.5 | 24°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| March | 25°C | 24°C | 112 mm | 80% | 70% | 4.9 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 24°C | 23°C | 83 mm | 77% | 70% | 4 | 31°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| May | 24°C | 22°C | 45 mm | 73% | 58% | 3.5 | 35°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| June | 22°C | 20°C | 32 mm | 68% | 58% | 3.1 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| July | 21°C | 19°C | 48 mm | 69% | 59% | 3.3 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| August | 21°C | 19°C | 44 mm | 74% | 61% | 3.8 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| September | 21°C | 20°C | 80 mm | 78% | 65% | 4.4 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| October | 22°C | 20°C | 132 mm | 80% | 74% | 4.8 | 34°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| November | 23°C | 21°C | 152 mm | 81% | 79% | 5.1 | 29°C | Wet |
| December | 24°C | 23°C | 135 mm | 82% | 81% | 5.4 | 25°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Durban128 kmGood for going: January to December
- Pietermaritzburg139 kmGood for going: February to October
- Maseru327 kmGood for going: September to April
- East London333 kmGood for going: January to December
- Newcastle348 kmGood for going: January to December
- Botshabelo393 kmGood for going: August to May
- Bloemfontein445 kmGood for going: February to May and August to November
- Welkom476 kmGood for going: August to May
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