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When to go to Botshabelo
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Botshabelo has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in August to May.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in May and August to October.
- The warmest month is January (30°C) and the coolest June (15°C). The wettest is January (86 mm) and the driest July (6 mm); about 559 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 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
- JunCool
- JulCool
- AugMild–warm, dry
- SeptMild–warm, dry
- OctMild–warm, dry
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecMild–warm, mixed
Month by month
Every month in Botshabelo
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°C | 15°C | 86 mm | 54% | 50% | 7.6 | 23°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| February | 29°C | 14°C | 83 mm | 57% | 52% | 6.8 | 24°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| March | 27°C | 12°C | 71 mm | 58% | 46% | 5.9 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 22°C | 8°C | 57 mm | 61% | 44% | 4.7 | 31°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| May | 19°C | 4°C | 19 mm | 58% | 34% | 4 | 35°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| June | 15°C | 0°C | 15 mm | 59% | 29% | 3.6 | 37°C | Cool |
| July | 15°C | 0°C | 6 mm | 54% | 23% | 3.9 | 39°C | Cool |
| August | 18°C | 2°C | 14 mm | 48% | 27% | 4.8 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| September | 24°C | 6°C | 13 mm | 40% | 32% | 5.9 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| October | 27°C | 9°C | 40 mm | 43% | 41% | 6.9 | 34°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| November | 28°C | 11°C | 71 mm | 47% | 43% | 7.7 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 30°C | 14°C | 84 mm | 50% | 48% | 7.9 | 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
- Bloemfontein52 kmGood for going: February to May and August to November
- Maseru74 kmGood for going: September to April
- Welkom143 kmGood for going: August to May
- Kimberley200 kmGood for going: March to October
- Vereeniging312 kmGood for going: January to December
- Evaton323 kmGood for going: January to December
- Soweto352 kmGood for going: January to December
- Newcastle355 kmGood for going: January to December
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