Climate averages 1991–2020
Mogoditshane weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Mogoditshane: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gaborone (5 km away). In August its highs average 24.7°C, about as warm as Mogoditshane, with 3.3 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Mogoditshane ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 25.5°C; Mogoditshane is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.5 mm to 9.0 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Mogoditshane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 78 | 10.9 | 13.513 h |
| February | 30.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 71 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| March | 29.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 50 | 7.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 25 | 3.7 | 11.512 h |
| May | 24.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 12 | 1.5 | 10.911 h |
| June | 21.0°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 8.2 | 1.0 | 10.611 h |
| July | 20.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 10.811 h |
| August, selected | 24.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 2.5 | 0.7 | 11.311 h |
| September | 29.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 9.0 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 31.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 5.0 | 12.713 h |
| November | 31.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 60 | 8.7 | 13.313 h |
| December | 31.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 71 | 11.3 | 13.614 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Gaborone in AugustBotswana · 5 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 8.9°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Molepolole in AugustBotswana · 45 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Mafikeng in AugustSouth Africa · 139 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 6.9°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Rustenburg in AugustSouth Africa · 181 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Brits in AugustSouth Africa · 223 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 8.5°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in AugustSouth Africa · 241 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 7.7°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Soshanguve in AugustSouth Africa · 244 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Bela Bela in AugustSouth Africa · 246 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 3.7 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mogoditshane) is explained once on the Mogoditshane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.