Tshabong, Botswana climate

BWh Hot desert

Tshabong has a seasonal warm-temperate climate (Hot desert, Köppen BWh). The hottest month is January with an average daily high near 35°C, while the coldest is July averaging around 2°C at night. Precipitation totals about 258 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — January alone averages 43 mm while July barely receives 1 mm.

☀️ Summers

Hot

Highs near 35°C in January.

❄️ Winters

Chilly

Lows near 2°C in July.

🌧️ Rain

Fairly dry

About 258 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in January

⛅ Sky & trend

Fairly sunny

More sun than cloud through the year.

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)

Tshabong climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	35	34	32	29	26	23	23	26	30	33	34	35
Avg temp (°C)	28	27	25	21	17	13	12	15	20	24	25	27
Avg low (°C)	20	20	18	13	7	3	2	5	10	15	17	19
Precipitation (mm)	43	34	42	24	10	4	1	2	4	15	42	37

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	35	34	32	29	26	23
Avg temp (°C)	28	27	25	21	17	13
Avg low (°C)	20	20	18	13	7	3
Precipitation (mm)	43	34	42	24	10	4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	23	26	30	33	34	35
Avg temp (°C)	12	15	20	24	25	27
Avg low (°C)	2	5	10	15	17	19
Precipitation (mm)	1	2	4	15	42	37

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	50	51	42	32	22	20	18	25	30	39	43	47
Relative humidity (%)	36	39	40	41	38	41	40	32	26	27	29	32
Wind speed (m/s)	2.8	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.8	3.2	3.2	3.4	3.3	3.0

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	50	51	42	32	22	20
Relative humidity (%)	36	39	40	41	38	41
Wind speed (m/s)	2.8	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	18	25	30	39	43	47
Relative humidity (%)	40	32	26	27	29	32
Wind speed (m/s)	2.8	3.2	3.2	3.4	3.3	3.0

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 20 years of daily observations at Tsabong, a weather station, inside the city. 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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