Climate guideThirty-year normals for Mochudi
Mochudi climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest May · Jul–Aug
Annual mean21°day and night
Seasonal swing12°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation451 mm75 wet days a year
24.42° S, 26.15° EElevation 952 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goMochudi · weather score
Best timeMay · Jul–Aug
October: high / low31° / 17°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Mochudi has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is January, when afternoons average 32° and nights 21°. June is the coolest month, with highs of 21° and lows of 7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 12°.
About 451 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (71 mm, 15 wet days) and July the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 7% in June to 29% in December.
Compared with Gaborone, the capital, Mochudi is 0.7° warmer on a January afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · January
- Coldest nights
- 6° · July
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- June · 7% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 38 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 38 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 32° | 31° | 30° | 27° | 24° | 21° | 21° | 25° | 29° | 31° | 31° | 32° |
| Average low | 21° | 20° | 19° | 15° | 11° | 7° | 6° | 9° | 14° | 17° | 19° | 20° |
| Precipitation | 81 mm | 79 mm | 59 mm | 27 mm | 12 mm | 7 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 6 mm | 34 mm | 72 mm | 71 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.3 | 11.7 | 10.2 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 4.7 | 10.2 | 14.6 |
| Cloud cover | 27% | 24% | 21% | 16% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 11% | 20% | 28% | 29% |
| Daylight | 13h 29 | 12h 55 | 12h 15 | 11h 32 | 10h 57 | 10h 38 | 10h 45 | 11h 15 | 11h 56 | 12h 38 | 13h 17 | 13h 38 |
| Month score | 39 | 47 | 57 | 78 | 97 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 81 | 65 | 50 | 39 |
ivMonth by month
Mochudi in every month
January39
32° / 21°
81 mm · 14.3 wet days
February47
31° / 20°
79 mm · 11.7 wet days
March57
30° / 19°
59 mm · 10.2 wet days
April78
27° / 15°
27 mm · 5.6 wet days
May97
24° / 11°
12 mm · 1.2 wet day
June97
21° / 7°
7 mm · 1.1 wet day
July100
21° / 6°
1 mm · 0.2 wet days
August100
25° / 9°
2 mm · 0.2 wet days
September81
29° / 14°
6 mm · 1.2 wet day
October65
31° / 17°
34 mm · 4.7 wet days
November50
31° / 19°
72 mm · 10.2 wet days
December39
32° / 20°
71 mm · 14.6 wet days