Thamaga weather in July

In July, Thamaga sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of July to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Thamaga's 1st-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Thamaga's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 7:05 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover: 13%; 1st clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.31 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.8; out of 10

Thamaga is large village located in the Kweneng District of Botswana.

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

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical July day in Thamaga reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 3°C cooler than August.

	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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

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

Thamaga weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 20°	77	11	13.4	4.8
Feb	30° / 20°	67	9	12.9	5.2
Mar	29° / 18°	55	7.7	12.2	6.3
Apr	26° / 14°	28	4.2	11.4	8.0
May	24° / 10°	14	1.7	10.8	9.1
Jun	21° / 7°	9	1	10.5	8.9
Jul	21° / 6°	2	0.7	10.6	8.8
Aug	24° / 9°	3	0.9	11.1	9.3
Sep	28° / 13°	10	1.5	11.8	7.7
Oct	30° / 17°	33	5.7	12.6	5.8
Nov	30° / 18°	63	9.2	13.2	5.0
Dec	30° / 19°	77	12.1	13.5	4.7

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 7%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	92	93	93	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96
Cloudier (%)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Thamaga gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.7 wet days in July, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 3% 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 (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July 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 July

Winds average 10 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 18 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 7:07 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 5:36 PM to 5:49 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)	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	6:59
Sunset (PM)	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	7:07	5:36
2	10.5	7:07	5:36
3	10.5	7:07	5:36
4	10.5	7:07	5:37
5	10.5	7:07	5:37
6	10.5	7:07	5:38
7	10.5	7:07	5:38
8	10.5	7:07	5:38
9	10.5	7:06	5:39
10	10.5	7:06	5:39
11	10.6	7:06	5:40
12	10.6	7:06	5:40
13	10.6	7:06	5:40
14	10.6	7:06	5:41
15	10.6	7:05	5:41
16	10.6	7:05	5:42
17	10.6	7:05	5:42
18	10.6	7:05	5:43
19	10.6	7:04	5:43
20	10.7	7:04	5:43
21	10.7	7:04	5:44
22	10.7	7:03	5:44
23	10.7	7:03	5:45
24	10.7	7:03	5:45
25	10.7	7:02	5:46
26	10.7	7:02	5:46
27	10.8	7:01	5:47
28	10.8	7:01	5:47
29	10.8	7:00	5:48
30	10.8	7:00	5:48
31	10.8	6:59	5:49

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.04 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in November across the year — July's 4.31 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7
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	4.0	Bright
2	4.0	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Thamaga?

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

8.8

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

5.4

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is one of the better times to visit Thamaga for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Thamaga in July

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

In July, Thamaga sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Thamaga in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Thamaga peaks around January 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 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 Thamaga?

Thamaga sits at 24.7°S, 25.5°E, 1,073 m above sea level, in Botswana. The nearest listed city is Mosopa, 16 km away.

Topography around Thamaga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Thamaga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m around an average of 1,061 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 339 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 594 m.

The land around Thamaga is covered by shrubs (48%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, shrubs (70%) within 16 km, and shrubs (78%) within 80 km.

3 km

105 m

shrubs 48%

16 km

339 m

shrubs 70%

80 km

594 m

shrubs 78%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← June Thamaga year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Mosopa 16 km · Gabane 24 km · Molepolole 30 km · Mogoditshane 33 km · Mmopone 36 km · Gaborone 37 km · Kanye 39 km · Ramotswa 40 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 Thamaga (-24.6701°, 25.5398°, elevation 1,073 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	21	6
2	21	6
3	21	6
4	21	6
5	21	6
6	21	6
7	20	6
8	20	6
9	20	6
10	20	6
11	21	6
12	21	6
13	21	6
14	21	6
15	21	6
16	21	6
17	21	6
18	21	6
19	21	6
20	21	6
21	21	6
22	21	6
23	21	6
24	22	6
25	22	6
26	22	6
27	22	7
28	22	7
29	22	7
30	22	7
31	22	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

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

	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