Climate averages 1991–2020
Maseru weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Maseru: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thaba Nchu (64 km away). In February its highs average 27.2°C, 1.5°C warmer than Maseru, with 87 mm of rain.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 107 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
Maseru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 143 | 15.6 | 13.814 h |
| February, selected | 25.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 117 | 13.7 | 13.113 h |
| March | 24.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 107 | 13.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.6°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 68 | 8.6 | 11.411 h |
| May | 17.6°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 29 | 4.0 | 10.711 h |
| June | 14.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 17 | 2.5 | 10.310 h |
| July | 14.9°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 10 | 2.0 | 10.510 h |
| August | 18.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 25 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| September | 22.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 24 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 84 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 25.1°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 112 | 11.2 | 13.614 h |
| December | 26.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 142 | 14.0 | 14.014 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
- Thaba Nchu in FebruarySouth Africa · 64 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Botshabelo in FebruarySouth Africa · 74 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in FebruarySouth Africa · 125 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Bethlehem, South Africa in FebruarySouth Africa · 145 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Virginia in FebruarySouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in FebruarySouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 135 mm rain
- Welkom in FebruarySouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in FebruarySouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 75 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 Maseru) is explained once on the Maseru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.