Lobamba
Elevation 694 m26.45° S, 31.21° E
When to go?
Mean 24 °C, 12 rain days in the month (193 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 24 °C, 10 rain days in the month (169 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 23 °C, 9 rain days in the month (147 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 6 rain days in the month (84 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, 3 rain days in the month (28 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 16 °C, 2 rain days in the month (13 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 16 °C, 2 rain days in the month (14 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, 3 rain days in the month (24 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 5 rain days in the month (56 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 9 rain days in the month (117 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 22 °C, 12 rain days in the month (181 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 23 °C, 13 rain days in the month (197 mm).
Nothing against it.
The best months are March–October.
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +1.1 °C (cells at 866 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.3 °C; in the last ten years by +0.6 °C. Warmest year: 1992 (+1.4 °C), coldest: 1968 (−1.4 °C).
June and November warmed the most (+0.7 and +0.6 °C), January the least (0 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.