Climate averages 1991–2020
Maseru weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Maseru: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thaba Nchu (64 km away). In January its highs average 28.3°C, 1.7°C warmer than Maseru, with 102 mm of rain.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 143 mm to 117 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 26.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 143 | 15.6 | 13.814 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Thaba Nchu in JanuarySouth Africa · 64 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Botshabelo in JanuarySouth Africa · 74 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in JanuarySouth Africa · 125 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Bethlehem, South Africa in JanuarySouth Africa · 145 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Virginia in JanuarySouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in JanuarySouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 177 mm rain
- Welkom in JanuarySouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in JanuarySouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 94 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.