Mbabane, Eswatini climate

BSh Hot semi-arid

Mbabane has a mildly seasonal warm-temperate climate (Hot semi-arid, Köppen BSh). The hottest month is February with an average daily high near 83°F, while the coldest is July averaging around 47°F at night. Precipitation totals about 20 inches a year and is strongly seasonal — December alone averages 4.3 inches while July barely receives 0.24 inches.

☀️ Summers

Warm

Highs near 83°F in February.

❄️ Winters

Cool

Lows near 47°F in July.

🌧️ Rain

Fairly dry

About 20 in of rain a year.

Wettest in December

⛅ Sky & trend

Partly cloudy

A roughly even mix of sun and cloud.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Mbabane climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	—	83	83	79	77	74	73	77	81	81	81	82
Avg temp (°F)	—	74	73	69	65	61	60	64	68	69	71	73
Avg low (°F)	—	64	63	58	52	48	47	50	54	58	60	63
Precipitation (in)	—	3.7	3.6	2.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.6	2.9	4.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	—	83	83	79	77	74
Avg temp (°F)	—	74	73	69	65	61
Avg low (°F)	—	64	63	58	52	48
Precipitation (in)	—	3.7	3.6	2.2	0.5	0.3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	73	77	81	81	81	82
Avg temp (°F)	60	64	68	69	71	73
Avg low (°F)	47	50	54	58	60	63
Precipitation (in)	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.6	2.9	4.3

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	69	64	60	48	32	27	27	31	39	59	70	73
Relative humidity (%)	75	75	74	70	60	56	55	51	51	61	67	72
Wind speed (mph)	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	69	64	60	48	32	27
Relative humidity (%)	75	75	74	70	60	56
Wind speed (mph)	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	27	31	39	59	70	73
Relative humidity (%)	55	51	51	61	67	72
Wind speed (mph)	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.8

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 20 years of daily observations at Nelspruit, a weather station, about 93 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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