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Maseru, Maseru District

Lesotho · 360k people · 1552 m elevation · Southern Hemisphere

Every month in detail

Thirty-year averages for each calendar month.

Monthly climate normals. Values shown as an em dash are missing from the source data.
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high80°F (27°C)78°F (26°C)75°F (24°C)69°F (21°C)64°F (18°C)58°F (15°C)59°F (15°C)64°F (18°C)73°F (23°C)76°F (24°C)77°F (25°C)79°F (26°C)
Average low58°F (14°C)57°F (14°C)53°F (12°C)46°F (8°C)38°F (4°C)32°F (0°C)31°F (-1°C)35°F (2°C)43°F (6°C)49°F (10°C)52°F (11°C)56°F (13°C)
Dew point54°F (12°C)55°F (13°C)52°F (11°C)45°F (7°C)37°F (3°C)30°F (-1°C)28°F (-2°C)29°F (-2°C)32°F (0°C)40°F (5°C)45°F (7°C)51°F (10°C)
Rainfall5.6 in (142 mm)4.4 in (112 mm)4 in (103 mm)2.6 in (65 mm)1.1 in (29 mm)0.6 in (17 mm)0.4 in (10 mm)1 in (25 mm)0.9 in (23 mm)3.2 in (82 mm)4.3 in (109 mm)5.3 in (134 mm)
Rainy days15141384323491114
Snowfall0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0.1 in (0.3 cm)0.2 in (0.5 cm)0.3 in (0.7 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)
Sunshine375 h332 h337 h303 h298 h286 h303 h320 h337 h348 h355 h387 h

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Projected change, 2031–2050

Model projection, not an observation

How this city’s climate may change, measured against the same models’ own 1995–2014 output. Nothing here affects the match score above.

Change in summer afternoon highs

+2.3°F (+1.3°C)

Models range from +1.3°F (+0.7°C) to +3.7°F (+2.1°C)

Days above 90°F (32°C) a year

5 8

About 1.7× as many

Warming by month
  • January: +2.2°F (+1.2°C)
  • February: +2.9°F (+1.6°C)
  • March: +2.8°F (+1.5°C)
  • April: +2.4°F (+1.3°C)
  • May: +2.3°F (+1.3°C)
  • June: +2.5°F (+1.4°C)
  • July: +2.6°F (+1.5°C)
  • August: +2.4°F (+1.4°C)
  • September: +3.4°F (+1.9°C)
  • October: +4.8°F (+2.7°C)
  • November: +3.4°F (+1.9°C)
  • December: +1.9°F (+1.1°C)
Scenario
SSP5-8.5 (high emissions)
Models
4 · CMIP6 HighResMIP, downscaled

This is a high-emissions pathway — the upper end of plausible futures, not a central estimate. Changes are measured by each model against its own past output and then applied to the observed record, which cancels each model’s bias but not the genuine uncertainty about how much warming occurs. Where the models disagree widely, the range above is the honest answer.