Maputsoe weather in August

In August, Maputsoe sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 30 mm of precipitation across 4.1 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Maputsoe's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maputsoe's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 30 mm; 4.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:44 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover: 21%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.81 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

Maputsoe is place.

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 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Maputsoe reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 21°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	-1
2	16	0
3	16	0
4	16	0
5	16	0
6	16	0
7	16	0
8	16	0
9	16	0
10	16	0
11	17	0
12	17	1
13	17	1
14	17	1
15	17	1
16	17	1
17	17	1
18	17	1
19	17	2
20	18	2
21	18	2
22	18	2
23	18	2
24	18	2
25	18	2
26	18	3
27	19	3
28	19	3
29	19	3
30	19	3
31	19	3

How August really feels in Maputsoe

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 25 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Maputsoe weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 13°	157	18.4	13.6	5.8
Feb	24° / 13°	119	16	13	6.0
Mar	23° / 11°	114	14.3	12.2	6.5
Apr	20° / 7°	75	9.8	11.3	6.7
May	17° / 2°	36	4.5	10.6	6.9
Jun	15° / -1°	19	3	10.2	5.7
Jul	15° / -2°	12	2.2	10.3	5.8
Aug	17° / 1°	30	4.1	11	6.9
Sep	21° / 5°	32	4.8	11.8	7.8
Oct	22° / 9°	106	11.3	12.7	6.9
Nov	23° / 10°	142	13.8	13.4	6.5
Dec	24° / 12°	155	17.7	13.8	6.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%.

	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 (%)	88	88	88	88	87	87	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	87	87	87	87	87	87
Cloudier (%)	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	88	12
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitationSnow

Maputsoe gets around 30 mm of rain and snow over 4.1 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 13% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Snow chance (%)	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	10	2
2	11	2
3	11	1
4	11	1
5	11	1
6	11	1
7	12	1
8	12	1
9	12	1
10	13	1
11	13	1
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	13	1
17	13	1
18	13	1
19	14	1
20	14	1
21	14	1
22	14	0
23	14	0
24	14	0
25	14	0
26	14	0
27	13	0
28	13	0
29	13	0
30	13	0
31	13	0

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 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:56 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 5:33 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)	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28
Sunset (PM)	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	6:56	5:33
2	10.6	6:56	5:33
3	10.6	6:55	5:34
4	10.7	6:54	5:34
5	10.7	6:53	5:35
6	10.7	6:53	5:35
7	10.7	6:52	5:36
8	10.8	6:51	5:37
9	10.8	6:50	5:37
10	10.8	6:49	5:38
11	10.8	6:48	5:38
12	10.9	6:48	5:39
13	10.9	6:47	5:40
14	10.9	6:46	5:40
15	10.9	6:45	5:41
16	11.0	6:44	5:41
17	11.0	6:43	5:42
18	11.0	6:42	5:42
19	11.0	6:41	5:43
20	11.1	6:40	5:43
21	11.1	6:39	5:44
22	11.1	6:38	5:45
23	11.1	6:37	5:45
24	11.2	6:35	5:46
25	11.2	6:34	5:46
26	11.2	6:33	5:47
27	11.3	6:32	5:47
28	11.3	6:31	5:48
29	11.3	6:30	5:48
30	11.3	6:29	5:49
31	11.4	6:28	5:49

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.66 kWh/m² to a high of 7.4 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 4.81 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)	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4
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	4.3	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Maputsoe

In seasonPeak

None of Maputsoe's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Maputsoe's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Maputsoe?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

1.8

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Maputsoe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Maputsoe in August

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

In August, Maputsoe sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Maputsoe in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Maputsoe peaks around January 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 5 (moderate).

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	11	8	6	5	5	7	9	11	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	7	High
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Maputsoe in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Maputsoe is worst in July — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.1× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	6	8	10	12	16	19	20	18	17	11	6	5
Level	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	6	Good
Feb	8	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	12	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	6	Good
Dec	5	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Maputsoe?

Maputsoe sits at 28.9°S, 27.9°E, 1,583 m above sea level, in Lesotho. The nearest listed city is Ficksburg, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Maputsoe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maputsoe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 243 m around an average of 1,588 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 406 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,925 m.

The land around Maputsoe is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and cropland (44%) within 16 km, and grassland (69%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

243 m

artificial surfaces 41%

16 km

406 m

grassland 48%

80 km

1,925 m

grassland 69%

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

August weather nearby: Ficksburg 3.0 km · Hlotse 14 km · Hlohlolwane 32 km · Teyateyaneng 32 km · Butha-Buthe 37 km · Fouriesburg 42 km · Marquard 52 km · Ladybrand 55 km

Lesotho travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type M; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,089; 2025
Happiness: 4.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 31%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 38.2; per 100k, 2008
Road deaths: 31.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower 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 Maputsoe (-28.8866°, 27.8991°, elevation 1,583 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	16	-1
2	16	0
3	16	0
4	16	0
5	16	0
6	16	0
7	16	0
8	16	0
9	16	0
10	16	0
11	17	0
12	17	1
13	17	1
14	17	1
15	17	1
16	17	1
17	17	1
18	17	1
19	17	2
20	18	2
21	18	2
22	18	2
23	18	2
24	18	2
25	18	2
26	18	3
27	19	3
28	19	3
29	19	3
30	19	3
31	19	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	88	12
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	10	2
2	11	2
3	11	1
4	11	1
5	11	1
6	11	1
7	12	1
8	12	1
9	12	1
10	13	1
11	13	1
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	13	1
17	13	1
18	13	1
19	14	1
20	14	1
21	14	1
22	14	0
23	14	0
24	14	0
25	14	0
26	14	0
27	13	0
28	13	0
29	13	0
30	13	0
31	13	0

	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	16	-1
2	16	0
3	16	0
4	16	0
5	16	0
6	16	0
7	16	0
8	16	0
9	16	0
10	16	0
11	17	0
12	17	1
13	17	1
14	17	1
15	17	1
16	17	1
17	17	1
18	17	1
19	17	2
20	18	2
21	18	2
22	18	2
23	18	2
24	18	2
25	18	2
26	18	3
27	19	3
28	19	3
29	19	3
30	19	3
31	19	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	88	12
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	10	2
2	11	2
3	11	1
4	11	1
5	11	1
6	11	1
7	12	1
8	12	1
9	12	1
10	13	1
11	13	1
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	13	1
17	13	1
18	13	1
19	14	1
20	14	1
21	14	1
22	14	0
23	14	0
24	14	0
25	14	0
26	14	0
27	13	0
28	13	0
29	13	0
30	13	0
31	13	0

	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	16	-1
2	16	0
3	16	0
4	16	0
5	16	0
6	16	0
7	16	0
8	16	0
9	16	0
10	16	0
11	17	0
12	17	1
13	17	1
14	17	1
15	17	1
16	17	1
17	17	1
18	17	1
19	17	2
20	18	2
21	18	2
22	18	2
23	18	2
24	18	2
25	18	2
26	18	3
27	19	3
28	19	3
29	19	3
30	19	3
31	19	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	88	12
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	10	2
2	11	2
3	11	1
4	11	1
5	11	1
6	11	1
7	12	1
8	12	1
9	12	1
10	13	1
11	13	1
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	13	1
17	13	1
18	13	1
19	14	1
20	14	1
21	14	1
22	14	0
23	14	0
24	14	0
25	14	0
26	14	0
27	13	0
28	13	0
29	13	0
30	13	0
31	13	0

	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