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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Thamaga
Thamaga climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing12°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation441 mm81 wet days a year
24.67° S, 25.54° EElevation 1,073 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goThamaga · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low30° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Thamaga 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 441 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (81 mm, 16 wet days) and July the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 6% in July to 27% in January.
Compared with Gaborone, the capital, Thamaga is 0.4° 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
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 6% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 39 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 37 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° | 20° | 24° | 28° | 30° | 30° | 31° |
| Average low | 20° | 19° | 18° | 14° | 10° | 7° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 16° | 17° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 81 mm | 79 mm | 58 mm | 27 mm | 11 mm | 6 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 7 mm | 38 mm | 64 mm | 67 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 15.7 | 12.2 | 10.7 | 6.2 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 4.9 | 11.2 | 15.2 |
| Cloud cover | 27% | 24% | 21% | 16% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 11% | 21% | 27% | 27% |
| Daylight | 13h 30 | 12h 55 | 12h 16 | 11h 31 | 10h 56 | 10h 37 | 10h 44 | 11h 15 | 11h 56 | 12h 39 | 13h 18 | 13h 39 |
| Month score | 43 | 50 | 60 | 81 | 96 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 84 | 69 | 52 | 43 |
ivMonth by month
Thamaga in every month
January43
31° / 20°
81 mm · 15.7 wet days
February50
30° / 19°
79 mm · 12.2 wet days
March60
29° / 18°
58 mm · 10.7 wet days
April81
26° / 14°
27 mm · 6.2 wet days
May96
23° / 10°
11 mm · 1.9 wet days
June97
20° / 7°
6 mm · 1.2 wet day
July99
20° / 6°
1 mm · 0.4 wet days
August99
24° / 9°
2 mm · 0.4 wet days
September84
28° / 12°
7 mm · 1.3 wet day
October69
30° / 16°
38 mm · 4.9 wet days
November52
30° / 17°
64 mm · 11.2 wet days
December43
31° / 19°
67 mm · 15.2 wet days