Maseru
Elevation 1600 m29.31° S, 27.48° E
When to go?
Mean 22 °C, 12 rain days in the month (116 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 21 °C, 9 rain days in the month (91 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 19 °C, 9 rain days in the month (92 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 15 °C, 7 rain days in the month (76 mm).
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- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 12 °C, 3 rain days in the month (27 mm).
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- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 9 °C, 2 rain days in the month (13 mm).
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- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 8 °C, 1 rain day in the month (7 mm).
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- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 11 °C, 2 rain days in the month (16 mm).
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- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 15 °C, 3 rain days in the month (19 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 17 °C, 6 rain days in the month (60 mm).
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- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 9 rain days in the month (95 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 21 °C, 11 rain days in the month (116 mm).
Nothing against it.
The best months are March–November.
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
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 +0.9 °C; in the last ten years by +1.3 °C. Warmest year: 2019 (+2.8 °C), coldest: 1950 (−1.7 °C).
October and September warmed the most (+1.6 and +1.3 °C), January the least (+0.5 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 15 °C) begins 14 days earlier and ends 5 days later.
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.