Climate averages 1991–2020
Maseru weather
in June.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a cool month in Maseru: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes June a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 18 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thaba Nchu (64 km away). In June its highs average 15.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Maseru, with 13 mm of rain.
From June to July, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 10 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Thaba Nchu in JuneSouth Africa · 64 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Botshabelo in JuneSouth Africa · 74 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 1.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in JuneSouth Africa · 125 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 2.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Bethlehem, South Africa in JuneSouth Africa · 145 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 2.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Virginia in JuneSouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 3.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in JuneSouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 1.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Welkom in JuneSouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 2.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in JuneSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 13 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.