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When to go to Mafikeng
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Mafikeng has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in February to November.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in April to October.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): December and January.
- The warmest month is December (32°C) and the coolest July (19°C). The wettest is January (89 mm) and the driest July (1 mm); about 482 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
- JanHot
- FebMild–warm, mixed
- MarMild–warm, mixed
- AprMild–warm, dry
- MayMild–warm, dry
- JunMild–warm, dry
- JulMild–warm, dry
- AugMild–warm, dry
- SeptMild–warm, dry
- OctMild–warm, dry
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecHot
Month by month
Every month in Mafikeng
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°C | 18°C | 89 mm | 51% | 57% | 7.1 | 23°C | Hot |
| February | 31°C | 18°C | 82 mm | 53% | 58% | 6.5 | 24°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| March | 29°C | 16°C | 58 mm | 53% | 48% | 5.9 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 26°C | 12°C | 45 mm | 53% | 45% | 5 | 31°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 23°C | 8°C | 12 mm | 46% | 30% | 4.5 | 35°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| June | 19°C | 4°C | 10 mm | 48% | 22% | 4.1 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| July | 19°C | 3°C | 1 mm | 44% | 19% | 4.4 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| August | 23°C | 6°C | 5 mm | 37% | 21% | 5.2 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| September | 28°C | 10°C | 10 mm | 31% | 29% | 6.3 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| October | 30°C | 14°C | 31 mm | 36% | 41% | 6.9 | 34°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| November | 31°C | 16°C | 53 mm | 41% | 52% | 7.3 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 32°C | 18°C | 86 mm | 48% | 60% | 7.2 | 25°C | Hot |
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
- Gaborone137 kmGood for going: March to September
- Rustenburg162 kmGood for going: February to September
- Krugersdorp214 kmGood for going: January to December
- Roodepoort225 kmGood for going: January to December
- Soweto226 kmGood for going: January to December
- Evaton232 kmGood for going: January to December
- Johannesburg243 kmGood for going: January to December
- Vereeniging245 kmGood for going: January to December
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