Climate averages 1991–2020
Maseru weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Maseru: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thaba Nchu (64 km away). In September its highs average 23.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Maseru, with 16 mm of rain.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 84 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Thaba Nchu in SeptemberSouth Africa · 64 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Botshabelo in SeptemberSouth Africa · 74 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 7.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in SeptemberSouth Africa · 125 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Bethlehem, South Africa in SeptemberSouth Africa · 145 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Virginia in SeptemberSouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in SeptemberSouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Welkom in SeptemberSouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in SeptemberSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 14 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.