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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Serowe
Serowe climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing10°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation481 mm80 wet days a year
22.39° S, 26.71° EElevation 1,147 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goSerowe · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low30° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Serowe has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is November, when afternoons average 30° and nights 17°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 21° and lows of 7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 10°.
About 481 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (85 mm, 16 wet days) and July the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 8% in August to 35% in December.
Compared with Gaborone, the capital, Serowe is 0.9° cooler on a November afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · November
- Coldest nights
- 7° · July
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- August · 8% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 30 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 46 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 | 29° | 29° | 28° | 26° | 23° | 21° | 21° | 24° | 28° | 30° | 30° | 29° |
| Average low | 19° | 18° | 17° | 14° | 10° | 8° | 7° | 9° | 13° | 16° | 17° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 91 mm | 97 mm | 57 mm | 24 mm | 6 mm | 9 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 6 mm | 30 mm | 74 mm | 85 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.8 | 12.6 | 9.2 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 5.3 | 12.1 | 15.8 |
| Cloud cover | 33% | 30% | 24% | 18% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 13% | 22% | 32% | 35% |
| Daylight | 13h 21 | 12h 50 | 12h 15 | 11h 35 | 11h 03 | 10h 46 | 10h 53 | 11h 20 | 11h 57 | 12h 35 | 13h 11 | 13h 30 |
| Month score | 47 | 54 | 66 | 83 | 96 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 85 | 68 | 51 | 47 |
ivMonth by month
Serowe in every month
January47
29° / 19°
91 mm · 14.8 wet days
February54
29° / 18°
97 mm · 12.6 wet days
March66
28° / 17°
57 mm · 9.2 wet days
April83
26° / 14°
24 mm · 5.8 wet days
May96
23° / 10°
6 mm · 1.6 wet days
June98
21° / 8°
9 mm · 0.9 wet day
July100
21° / 7°
1 mm · 0.1 wet days
August100
24° / 9°
1 mm · 0.2 wet days
September85
28° / 13°
6 mm · 1.4 wet day
October68
30° / 16°
30 mm · 5.3 wet days
November51
30° / 17°
74 mm · 12.1 wet days
December47
29° / 18°
85 mm · 15.8 wet days