Maseru weather in June

In June, Maseru sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 17 mm of precipitation across 2.5 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of June to 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Maseru's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maseru's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: -1°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 17 mm; 2.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 7:06 AM – 5:14 PM
Cloud cover: 20%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.56 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

Maseru is capital of Lesotho.

Density: 2,607/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1869

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

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical June day in Maseru reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 17°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 3°C cooler than May and on par with July.

	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
Avg high (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1

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

How June really feels in Maseru

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 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 June is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Maseru weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 12th-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	27° / 15°	143	15.6	13.7	5.9
Feb	27° / 14°	116	13.7	13.1	6.1
Mar	25° / 12°	107	13.1	12.2	6.7
Apr	22° / 8°	68	8.6	11.3	7.2
May	19° / 3°	29	4	10.6	7.5
Jun	16° / -1°	17	2.5	10.2	6.5
Jul	16° / -1°	10	2	10.3	6.7
Aug	19° / 2°	25	3.3	10.9	7.7
Sep	23° / 7°	24	3.9	11.8	8.3
Oct	25° / 10°	84	9.2	12.7	7.4
Nov	26° / 12°	112	11.2	13.5	6.8
Dec	27° / 14°	142	14	13.8	6.2

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of June, 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
Clearer (%)	86	87	87	87	87	87	86	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90
Cloudier (%)	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	86	14
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
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	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	90	10

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Maseru gets around 17 mm of rain and snow over 2.5 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 8% and peaks near 9% 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
Rain chance (%)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7

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

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June 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
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

	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

Wind in June

Winds average 8 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	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

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	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

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of June to 10 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 7:00 AM to 7:09 AM, and sunset from 5:16 PM to 5:17 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
Daylight (h)	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09
Sunset (PM)	5:16	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	7:00	5:16
2	10.3	7:00	5:15
3	10.2	7:01	5:15
4	10.2	7:01	5:15
5	10.2	7:02	5:15
6	10.2	7:02	5:15
7	10.2	7:03	5:14
8	10.2	7:03	5:14
9	10.2	7:04	5:14
10	10.2	7:04	5:14
11	10.2	7:04	5:14
12	10.2	7:05	5:14
13	10.1	7:05	5:14
14	10.1	7:06	5:14
15	10.1	7:06	5:14
16	10.1	7:06	5:14
17	10.1	7:07	5:14
18	10.1	7:07	5:15
19	10.1	7:07	5:15
20	10.1	7:07	5:15
21	10.1	7:08	5:15
22	10.1	7:08	5:15
23	10.1	7:08	5:15
24	10.1	7:08	5:16
25	10.1	7:09	5:16
26	10.1	7:09	5:16
27	10.1	7:09	5:16
28	10.1	7:09	5:17
29	10.1	7:09	5:17
30	10.1	7:09	5:17

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 3.56 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.56 kWh/m² to a high of 7.48 kWh/m² in December across the year — June's 3.56 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.7	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.6	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.6	Moderate
26	3.6	Moderate
27	3.6	Moderate
28	3.6	Moderate
29	3.6	Moderate
30	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Maseru

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is June a good time to visit Maseru?

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

6.5

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.9

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Maseru for sightseeing.

What to pack for Maseru in June

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

In June, Maseru sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near -1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Maseru in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Maseru 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 Maseru in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Maseru 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 Maseru?

Maseru sits at 29.3°S, 27.5°E, 1,552 m above sea level, in Lesotho. The nearest listed city is Mabote, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Maseru

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maseru has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 383 m around an average of 1,543 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 509 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,748 m.

The land around Maseru is covered by grassland (44%) and artificial surfaces (39%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (70%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

383 m

grassland 44%

16 km

509 m

grassland 57%

80 km

1,748 m

grassland 70%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← May Maseru year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Mabote 6.0 km · Ladybrand 14 km · Teyateyaneng 32 km · Hlohlolwane 45 km · Mafeteng 61 km · Ficksburg 62 km · Maputsoe 63 km · Thaba Nchu 64 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 Maseru (-29.3167°, 27.4833°, elevation 1,552 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	17	1
2	17	1
3	17	1
4	17	0
5	17	0
6	17	0
7	16	0
8	16	0
9	16	0
10	16	0
11	16	0
12	16	0
13	16	0
14	16	-1
15	16	-1
16	16	-1
17	16	-1
18	16	-1
19	16	-1
20	16	-1
21	16	-1
22	16	-1
23	16	-1
24	16	-1
25	16	-1
26	16	-1
27	16	-1
28	16	-1
29	16	-1
30	16	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	86	14
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
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	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	90	10

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	86	14
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
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	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	90	10

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	86	14
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
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	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	90	10

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

	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