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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ramotswa
Ramotswa climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing12°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation450 mm80 wet days a year
24.87° S, 25.87° EElevation 1,039 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goRamotswa · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low30° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ramotswa 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 31° 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 450 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (67 mm, 16 wet days) and August the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 6% in July to 27% in November.
Compared with Gaborone, the capital, Ramotswa is 0.3° cooler on a December afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · December
- Coldest nights
- 6° · July
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- July · 6% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 40 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 36 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 | 31° | 30° | 29° | 26° | 23° | 20° | 21° | 24° | 28° | 30° | 30° | 31° |
| Average low | 20° | 20° | 18° | 14° | 10° | 7° | 6° | 9° | 13° | 16° | 18° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 90 mm | 82 mm | 58 mm | 24 mm | 11 mm | 5 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 7 mm | 36 mm | 67 mm | 67 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 15.3 | 12 | 10.7 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 5 | 10.9 | 15.9 |
| Cloud cover | 26% | 23% | 20% | 16% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 11% | 21% | 27% | 27% |
| Daylight | 13h 31 | 12h 56 | 12h 16 | 11h 31 | 10h 55 | 10h 36 | 10h 44 | 11h 14 | 11h 56 | 12h 39 | 13h 19 | 13h 40 |
| Month score | 43 | 50 | 60 | 82 | 96 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 85 | 68 | 52 | 43 |
ivMonth by month
Ramotswa in every month
January43
31° / 20°
90 mm · 15.3 wet days
February50
30° / 20°
82 mm · 12 wet days
March60
29° / 18°
58 mm · 10.7 wet days
April82
26° / 14°
24 mm · 5.8 wet days
May96
23° / 10°
11 mm · 1.6 wet days
June97
20° / 7°
5 mm · 1.1 wet day
July99
21° / 6°
1 mm · 0.4 wet days
August99
24° / 9°
2 mm · 0.3 wet days
September85
28° / 13°
7 mm · 1.2 wet day
October68
30° / 16°
36 mm · 5 wet days
November52
30° / 18°
67 mm · 10.9 wet days
December43
31° / 19°
67 mm · 15.9 wet days