Qacha’s Nek weather in August

In August, Qacha’s Nek sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 25 mm of precipitation across 4.1 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 18°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 30 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Qacha’s Nek's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Qacha’s Nek's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 0°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 25 mm; 4.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 6:42 AM – 5:36 PM
Cloud cover: 23%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

Qacha’s Nek is mountain pass in Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho.

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 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical August day in Qacha’s Nek reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19
Avg low (°C)	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3

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

How August really feels in Qacha’s Nek

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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.

Qacha’s Nek weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 12°	156	18.6	0	13.7	5.8
Feb	23° / 11°	134	15.4	0	13.1	5.9
Mar	22° / 9°	100	14.1	0.1	12.2	6.3
Apr	19° / 6°	46	7.5	0.2	11.3	6.8
May	17° / 2°	20	4	0.5	10.5	6.8
Jun	15° / -2°	14	2.3	0.9	10.1	5.7
Jul	14° / -2°	14	2.2	1.1	10.3	5.5
Aug	16° / 0°	25	4.1	1.2	10.9	6.5
Sep	20° / 5°	30	5.7	0.6	11.8	7.4
Oct	21° / 7°	85	12.8	0.5	12.7	6.4
Nov	22° / 9°	111	15.3	0.5	13.5	5.9
Dec	23° / 11°	143	18.4	0	13.9	5.7

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 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

	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 (%)	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85
Cloudier (%)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitationSnow

Qacha’s Nek gets around 25 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 1 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	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Snow chance (%)	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1

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

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 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	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 August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 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 6:55 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 5:27 PM to 5:45 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	10.6	10.6	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	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:25
Sunset (PM)	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	6:55	5:27
2	10.6	6:55	5:28
3	10.6	6:54	5:28
4	10.6	6:53	5:29
5	10.6	6:52	5:30
6	10.6	6:51	5:30
7	10.7	6:51	5:31
8	10.7	6:50	5:32
9	10.7	6:49	5:32
10	10.7	6:48	5:33
11	10.8	6:47	5:33
12	10.8	6:46	5:34
13	10.8	6:45	5:35
14	10.8	6:44	5:35
15	10.9	6:43	5:36
16	10.9	6:42	5:36
17	10.9	6:41	5:37
18	11.0	6:40	5:38
19	11.0	6:39	5:38
20	11.0	6:38	5:39
21	11.0	6:37	5:39
22	11.1	6:36	5:40
23	11.1	6:35	5:41
24	11.1	6:34	5:41
25	11.2	6:32	5:42
26	11.2	6:31	5:42
27	11.2	6:30	5:43
28	11.2	6:29	5:43
29	11.3	6:28	5:44
30	11.3	6:27	5:45
31	11.3	6:25	5:45

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.61 kWh/m² to a high of 7.14 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 4.73 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	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3
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	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Qacha’s Nek

In seasonPeak

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

Qacha’s Nek's rainy season runs October–March, 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 Qacha’s Nek?

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

6.5

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

1.2

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Qacha’s Nek for sightseeing.

What to pack for Qacha’s Nek in August

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

In August, Qacha’s Nek sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 0°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Qacha’s Nek 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 Qacha’s Nek peaks around January 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 4 (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	14	12	8	6	4	5	7	8	12	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	7	High
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Qacha’s Nek?

Qacha’s Nek sits at 30.1°S, 28.7°E, 1,974 m above sea level, in Lesotho. The nearest listed city is Thaba-Tseka, 66 km away.

Topography around Qacha’s Nek

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Qacha’s Nek.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Qacha’s Nek has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 559 m around an average of 1,983 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,290 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,517 m.

The land around Qacha’s Nek is covered by grassland (72%) within 3 km, grassland (80%) within 16 km, and grassland (87%) within 80 km.

3 km

559 m

grassland 72%

16 km

1,290 m

grassland 80%

80 km

2,517 m

grassland 87%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

← July Qacha’s Nek year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Thaba-Tseka 66 km · Tlokoeng 67 km · Kokstad 85 km · Quthing 100 km · Mohale's Hoek 117 km · Clydesdale 122 km · Ugie 128 km · Teyateyaneng 141 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 Qacha’s Nek (-30.1154°, 28.6894°, elevation 1,974 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	15	-1
2	15	-1
3	15	-1
4	15	-1
5	15	-1
6	15	-1
7	15	-1
8	15	-1
9	15	-1
10	16	-1
11	16	0
12	16	0
13	16	0
14	16	0
15	16	0
16	16	0
17	16	0
18	16	0
19	17	1
20	17	1
21	17	1
22	17	1
23	17	1
24	17	1
25	18	2
26	18	2
27	18	2
28	18	2
29	18	2
30	19	3
31	19	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

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

	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