Climate averages 1991–2020
Maseru weather
in July.
A cool, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Maseru: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about -0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 27 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thaba Nchu (64 km away). In July its highs average 15.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Maseru, with 8.4 mm of rain.
From July to August, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Thaba Nchu in JulySouth Africa · 64 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 1.1°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Botshabelo in JulySouth Africa · 74 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in JulySouth Africa · 125 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 1.8°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Bethlehem, South Africa in JulySouth Africa · 145 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Virginia in JulySouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in JulySouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Welkom in JulySouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 2.2°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in JulySouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 2.5°C · 6.1 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.