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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Qacha's Nek
Qacha's Nek climate by month
Subtropical highland · CwbBest May · Aug–Sep
Annual mean12°day and night
Seasonal swing12°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation697 mm124 wet days a year
30.12° S, 28.69° EElevation 1,974 mUTC+2 · South Africa Standard Time
When to goQacha's Nek · weather score
Best timeMay · Aug–Sep
October: high / low20° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Qacha's Nek has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is January, when afternoons average 24° and nights 11°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 13° and lows of -3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 12°.
About 697 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (121 mm, 21 wet days) and July the driest (10 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 12% in July to 39% in November.
Compared with Maseru, the capital, Qacha's Nek is 3.2° cooler on a January afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · January
- Coldest nights
- -3° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 12% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 04 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 13 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 | 24° | 23° | 21° | 19° | 16° | 13° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 20° | 22° | 23° |
| Average low | 11° | 11° | 9° | 6° | 2° | -2° | -3° | 0° | 4° | 6° | 8° | 10° |
| Precipitation | 121 mm | 107 mm | 84 mm | 38 mm | 15 mm | 15 mm | 10 mm | 21 mm | 29 mm | 72 mm | 81 mm | 104 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 21.1 | 19 | 15.4 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 3 | 4 | 11.1 | 14.4 | 20.1 |
| Cloud cover | 38% | 35% | 30% | 24% | 17% | 14% | 12% | 16% | 25% | 37% | 39% | 35% |
| Daylight | 13h 52 | 13h 08 | 12h 18 | 11h 22 | 10h 37 | 10h 13 | 10h 22 | 11h 01 | 11h 53 | 12h 47 | 13h 37 | 14h 04 |
| Month score | 64 | 65 | 67 | 79 | 84 | 70 | 70 | 82 | 91 | 71 | 63 | 65 |
ivMonth by month
Qacha's Nek in every month
January64
24° / 11°
121 mm · 21.1 wet days
February65
23° / 11°
107 mm · 19 wet days
March67
21° / 9°
84 mm · 15.4 wet days
April79
19° / 6°
38 mm · 8.8 wet days
May84
16° / 2°
15 mm · 2.7 wet days
June70
13° / -2°
15 mm · 2.1 wet days
July70
13° / -3°
10 mm · 1.9 wet days
August82
16° / 0°
21 mm · 3 wet days
September91
19° / 4°
29 mm · 4 wet days
October71
20° / 6°
72 mm · 11.1 wet days
November63
22° / 8°
81 mm · 14.4 wet days
December65
23° / 10°
104 mm · 20.1 wet days