Climate averages 1991–2020
Molepolole weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Molepolole: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mogoditshane (45 km away). In February its highs average 30.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Molepolole, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Molepolole ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 30.1°C; Molepolole is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Molepolole climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 80 | 11.1 | 13.513 h |
| February, selected | 29.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 68 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| March | 28.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 53 | 7.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 26 | 3.9 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 12 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| June | 20.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 8.9 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| July | 20.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 10.811 h |
| August | 24.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 8.9 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| October | 30.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 30 | 5.3 | 12.613 h |
| November | 30.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 60 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| December | 30.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 77 | 11.8 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Mogoditshane in FebruaryBotswana · 45 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Gaborone in FebruaryBotswana · 50 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 82 mm rain
- Mafikeng in FebruarySouth Africa · 163 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Rustenburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 225 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Brits in FebruarySouth Africa · 268 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in FebruarySouth Africa · 286 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Bela Bela in FebruarySouth Africa · 287 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Soshanguve in FebruarySouth Africa · 288 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 82 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 Molepolole) is explained once on the Molepolole year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.