Lesotho climate
Mild highlands, hot lowlands. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.
Popular cities:Maseru · Mohale's Hoek · Mafeteng · Hlotse · Butha-Buthe · Quthing
Browse all 9 cities in Lesotho
Grouped by climate type, then by population.
Cwb
Subtropical highland
8 citiesCwa
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical
1 cityA few cities, to show the range
A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Lesotho.
Climate types in Lesotho
Lesotho spans 2 climate types. All climate types:
Climate records across Lesotho — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest
Warmest Mokhotlong (62.8 °F avg) · Coolest Hlotse (60.1 °F avg) · Wettest Mokhotlong (33 in/yr) · Driest Hlotse (24 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Lesotho sits well between them.