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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Molepolole
Molepolole climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing12°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation465 mm76 wet days a year
24.41° S, 25.50° EElevation 1,146 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goMolepolole · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low30° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Molepolole has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is December, when afternoons average 30° and nights 19°. June is the coolest month, with highs of 20° and lows of 7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 12°.
About 465 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (72 mm, 15 wet days) and August the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 6% in July to 28% in January.
Compared with Gaborone, the capital, Molepolole is 0.8° cooler on a December afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · December
- Coldest nights
- 6° · July
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- July · 6% 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 | 30° | 30° | 28° | 26° | 23° | 20° | 20° | 24° | 28° | 30° | 30° | 30° |
| Average low | 19° | 19° | 17° | 14° | 10° | 7° | 6° | 9° | 13° | 16° | 17° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 86 mm | 83 mm | 62 mm | 28 mm | 11 mm | 7 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 8 mm | 38 mm | 67 mm | 72 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.5 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 5.8 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 10.5 | 14.9 |
| Cloud cover | 28% | 24% | 21% | 16% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 21% | 28% | 28% |
| 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 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 83 | 96 | 97 | 99 | 100 | 85 | 71 | 54 | 45 |
ivMonth by month
Molepolole in every month
January45
30° / 19°
86 mm · 14.5 wet days
February55
30° / 19°
83 mm · 11.1 wet days
March63
28° / 17°
62 mm · 9.9 wet days
April83
26° / 14°
28 mm · 5.8 wet days
May96
23° / 10°
11 mm · 1.8 wet days
June97
20° / 7°
7 mm · 1.1 wet day
July99
20° / 6°
1 mm · 0.3 wet days
August100
24° / 9°
2 mm · 0.2 wet days
September85
28° / 13°
8 mm · 1.2 wet day
October71
30° / 16°
38 mm · 4.2 wet days
November54
30° / 17°
67 mm · 10.5 wet days
December45
30° / 19°
72 mm · 14.9 wet days