Lobatse weather in August

In August, Lobatse sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 86% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Lobatse's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lobatse's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 4 mm; 1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 6:48 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover: 14%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.3; out of 10

Lobatse is city in Botswana.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical August day in Lobatse reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C warmer than July and about 4°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	7
2	22	7
3	22	7
4	22	7
5	22	7
6	22	7
7	22	8
8	23	8
9	23	8
10	23	8
11	23	8
12	23	8
13	23	8
14	23	8
15	23	9
16	24	9
17	24	9
18	24	9
19	24	9
20	24	9
21	24	9
22	24	10
23	24	10
24	25	10
25	25	10
26	25	10
27	25	10
28	25	10
29	25	11
30	26	11
31	26	11

Lobatse weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 19°	83	12.2	13.4	5.0
Feb	29° / 19°	77	10	12.9	5.4
Mar	28° / 17°	61	9.2	12.2	6.5
Apr	26° / 14°	32	4.9	11.4	7.9
May	23° / 10°	15	2.1	10.8	9.0
Jun	21° / 6°	8	1.1	10.5	8.7
Jul	20° / 6°	2	0.4	10.6	8.7
Aug	24° / 9°	4	1	11.1	9.3
Sep	28° / 13°	11	1.5	11.8	8.1
Oct	29° / 16°	35	5.8	12.6	6.2
Nov	30° / 18°	63	10.1	13.2	5.3
Dec	30° / 19°	79	12.2	13.5	4.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 86% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 6%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93
Cloudier (%)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Lobatse gets around 4 mm of rain over 1 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	3
21	3
22	3
23	4
24	4
25	4
26	4
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	5
31	5

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:59 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 6:01 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34
Sunset (PM)	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	6:59	5:48
2	10.8	6:58	5:48
3	10.8	6:58	5:49
4	10.9	6:57	5:49
5	10.9	6:57	5:50
6	10.9	6:56	5:50
7	10.9	6:55	5:51
8	10.9	6:54	5:51
9	11.0	6:54	5:51
10	11.0	6:53	5:52
11	11.0	6:52	5:52
12	11.0	6:51	5:53
13	11.0	6:51	5:53
14	11.1	6:50	5:54
15	11.1	6:49	5:54
16	11.1	6:48	5:55
17	11.1	6:47	5:55
18	11.2	6:46	5:56
19	11.2	6:45	5:56
20	11.2	6:45	5:56
21	11.2	6:44	5:57
22	11.2	6:43	5:57
23	11.3	6:42	5:58
24	11.3	6:41	5:58
25	11.3	6:40	5:59
26	11.3	6:39	5:59
27	11.4	6:38	5:59
28	11.4	6:37	6:00
29	11.4	6:36	6:00
30	11.4	6:35	6:01
31	11.5	6:34	6:01

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.96 kWh/m² to a high of 6.95 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 5.1 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Lobatse?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

9.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.4

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Lobatse for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Lobatse in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Lobatse sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Lobatse in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lobatse peaks around January 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	13	12	9	6	5	6	8	9	11	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Lobatse?

Lobatse sits at 25.2°S, 25.7°E, 1,191 m above sea level, in Botswana. The nearest listed city is Janeng, 25 km away.

Topography around Lobatse

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Lobatse.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lobatse has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m around an average of 1,248 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 424 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 610 m.

The land around Lobatse is covered by shrubs (52%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (66%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (54%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

262 m

shrubs 52%

16 km

424 m

shrubs 66%

80 km

610 m

shrubs 54%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

← July Lobatse year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Janeng 25 km · Ramotswa 44 km · Kanye 45 km · Zeerust 53 km · Mosopa 57 km · Gabane 63 km · Thamaga 63 km · Gaborone 68 km

Botswana travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $7,778; 2025
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 63%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 11.4; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 26.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Lobatse (-25.2244°, 25.6773°, elevation 1,191 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	7
2	22	7
3	22	7
4	22	7
5	22	7
6	22	7
7	22	8
8	23	8
9	23	8
10	23	8
11	23	8
12	23	8
13	23	8
14	23	8
15	23	9
16	24	9
17	24	9
18	24	9
19	24	9
20	24	9
21	24	9
22	24	10
23	24	10
24	25	10
25	25	10
26	25	10
27	25	10
28	25	10
29	25	11
30	26	11
31	26	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	3
21	3
22	3
23	4
24	4
25	4
26	4
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	5
31	5

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	7
2	22	7
3	22	7
4	22	7
5	22	7
6	22	7
7	22	8
8	23	8
9	23	8
10	23	8
11	23	8
12	23	8
13	23	8
14	23	8
15	23	9
16	24	9
17	24	9
18	24	9
19	24	9
20	24	9
21	24	9
22	24	10
23	24	10
24	25	10
25	25	10
26	25	10
27	25	10
28	25	10
29	25	11
30	26	11
31	26	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	3
21	3
22	3
23	4
24	4
25	4
26	4
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	5
31	5

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	7
2	22	7
3	22	7
4	22	7
5	22	7
6	22	7
7	22	8
8	23	8
9	23	8
10	23	8
11	23	8
12	23	8
13	23	8
14	23	8
15	23	9
16	24	9
17	24	9
18	24	9
19	24	9
20	24	9
21	24	9
22	24	10
23	24	10
24	25	10
25	25	10
26	25	10
27	25	10
28	25	10
29	25	11
30	26	11
31	26	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	3
21	3
22	3
23	4
24	4
25	4
26	4
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	5
31	5

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100