Botshabelo climate

Name: Botshabelo
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Botshabelo is warmest in January, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 1.4 °C. January is the wettest month (98 mm) and July the driest (8.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Botshabelo averages 602 mm of rain, 154 days above 25 °C and 25 days below freezing.

South Africa · population 309,714 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month January 29 °C
Coldest month July 1.4 °C
Driest month July 8 mm
Wettest month January 98 mm
Least cloud July 16 % cloud
Hottest on record January 40 °C
Coldest on record August -5.5 °C

What to expectBotshabelo through the year

Botshabelo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in July to 29 °C in January, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 154 days a year reach 25 °C, 50 of them reach 30 °C, 25 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 98 mm against 8 mm in July — 12 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.9 °C	98 mm	39 %
February	27.9 °C	88 mm	39 %
March	25.9 °C	77 mm	37 %
April	22.1 °C	49 mm	34 %
May	19.0 °C	21 mm	26 %
June	15.8 °C	13 mm	20 %
July	16.1 °C	8 mm	16 %
August	19.2 °C	19 mm	20 %
September	23.9 °C	16 mm	26 %
October	26.0 °C	53 mm	35 %
November	27.2 °C	75 mm	36 %
December	28.7 °C	84 mm	38 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	28.9 °C	16.0 °C	22.4 °C	40.2 °C	6.7 °C	27	12	0
February	27.9 °C	15.5 °C	21.5 °C	35.6 °C	7.7 °C	22	8	0
March	25.9 °C	13.5 °C	19.5 °C	34.2 °C	5.0 °C	19	3	0
April	22.1 °C	9.5 °C	15.6 °C	30.9 °C	-1.0 °C	6	0	0
May	19.0 °C	5.5 °C	12.0 °C	27.2 °C	-3.7 °C	0	0	1
June	15.8 °C	1.8 °C	8.5 °C	23.7 °C	-4.9 °C	0	0	8
July	16.1 °C	1.4 °C	8.4 °C	23.0 °C	-5.4 °C	0	0	10
August	19.2 °C	3.6 °C	11.3 °C	28.4 °C	-5.5 °C	2	0	5
September	23.9 °C	7.7 °C	15.9 °C	31.9 °C	-2.7 °C	13	1	0
October	26.0 °C	10.8 °C	18.5 °C	35.8 °C	1.0 °C	19	5	0
November	27.2 °C	12.6 °C	20.0 °C	36.4 °C	2.6 °C	21	8	0
December	28.7 °C	14.9 °C	21.8 °C	37.7 °C	3.9 °C	26	11	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	98 mm	13	14 h/day	39 %	56 %	19 km/h
February	88 mm	12	13 h/day	39 %	60 %	17 km/h
March	77 mm	11	12 h/day	37 %	62 %	16 km/h
April	49 mm	7	11 h/day	34 %	62 %	15 km/h
May	21 mm	3	11 h/day	26 %	58 %	15 km/h
June	13 mm	2	10 h/day	20 %	56 %	15 km/h
July	8 mm	1	10 h/day	16 %	51 %	16 km/h
August	19 mm	3	11 h/day	20 %	44 %	18 km/h
September	16 mm	3	12 h/day	26 %	38 %	20 km/h
October	53 mm	7	13 h/day	35 %	44 %	21 km/h
November	75 mm	9	14 h/day	36 %	47 %	21 km/h
December	84 mm	11	14 h/day	38 %	52 %	20 km/h

How Botshabelo compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Botshabelo	29 °C	1.4 °C	602 mm	154
Bloemfontein · South Africa	30 °C	1.7 °C	519 mm	174
Maseru · Lesotho	27 °C	-0.9 °C	851 mm	107
Welkom · South Africa	29 °C	2.1 °C	548 mm	176
Klerksdorp · South Africa	29 °C	3.0 °C	569 mm	194

Where Botshabelo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in July	2ndof 50	16 °C
The coolest places in Africa in June	2ndof 50	16 °C
The coolest places in Africa in May	4thof 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Africa in August	10thof 50	19 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in September	45thof 50	89/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in April	46thof 50	92/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Botshabelo.

QuestionsCommon questions about Botshabelo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Botshabelo?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, October, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, January is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Botshabelo get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 50 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 1.4 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 25 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Botshabelo?

January, averaging 98 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is July with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 602 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Botshabelo rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.