Mahalapye climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mahalapye?

Mahalapye has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 458 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mahalapye?

The hottest day measured in Mahalapye between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1949, reaching 41.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mahalapye?

The coldest day measured in Mahalapye between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -0.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mahalapye?

Almost never: Mahalapye sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Mahalapye warmed?

Yes: Mahalapye warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mahalapye?

The wettest day measured in Mahalapye between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1955, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mahalapye?

The windiest day measured in Mahalapye between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1987, with winds reaching 39.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mahalapye?

The warmest month in Mahalapye is January (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mahalapye?

Mahalapye receives on average 458 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 69 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mahalapye?

Mahalapye gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mahalapye (Botswana) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 458 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is January (24.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (14.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Mahalapye averages 0 frost days, 114 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 69 rainy days per year.

Mahalapye has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.3 °C (on 14 January 1949) and the coldest -0.5 °C (on 15 June 1968).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

MahalapyeCentral District

coords: -23.10°, 26.81°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.7°C

Average daily high

27.3°C

Average daily low

15.2°C

Annual rainfall

458mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

53%

Average peak wind

18.4km/h

Seasonal range

10.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

114 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

69 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.9 °C

Average feels-like low

13.5 °C

Average peak gust

37.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

65 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.12 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

41.3 °C

14 January 1949

Coldest day

-0.5 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

111 mm

10 March 1955

Windiest day

39.8 km/h

22 September 1987

Strongest gust

81.4 km/h

1 August 2006

Hottest feels-like

43.0 °C

7 December 2015

Coldest feels-like

-5.2 °C

13 June 1968

Sunniest day

13.4 h

17 December 1957

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.7 °C26 October 2025	1.1 °C30 July 2025	20.3 °C	698 mm	97	0
2024	40.0 °C7 December 2024	1.2 °C5 June 2024	22.2 °C	299 mm	163	0
2023	39.5 °C25 October 2023	3.4 °C11 July 2023	21.8 °C	326 mm	170	0
2022	39.1 °C4 October 2022	3.3 °C16 June 2022	20.7 °C	420 mm	121	0
2021	39.3 °C16 October 2021	2.1 °C26 July 2021	20.5 °C	549 mm	113	0
2020	38.6 °C8 November 2020	1.2 °C13 June 2020	20.5 °C	569 mm	114	0
2019	39.1 °C21 October 2019	4.1 °C16 June 2019	22.1 °C	421 mm	160	0
2018	38.8 °C19 September 2018	4.5 °C7 June 2018	21.6 °C	374 mm	147	0
2017	37.3 °C16 October 2017	4.2 °C9 June 2017	20.6 °C	511 mm	93	0
2016	41.0 °C7 January 2016	1.6 °C28 July 2016	22.0 °C	406 mm	157	0
2015	40.5 °C11 November 2015	2.4 °C18 June 2015	22.3 °C	228 mm	179	0
2014	37.7 °C9 October 2014	0.5 °C7 June 2014	20.3 °C	681 mm	94	0
2013	38.4 °C12 October 2013	5.0 °C1 September 2013	21.2 °C	479 mm	138	0
2012	37.8 °C6 November 2012	2.0 °C11 June 2012	21.4 °C	313 mm	156	0
2011	40.0 °C24 October 2011	2.6 °C25 June 2011	20.5 °C	438 mm	110	0
2010	38.9 °C12 October 2010	1.2 °C17 June 2010	21.1 °C	428 mm	137	0
2009	37.7 °C18 December 2009	3.1 °C27 June 2009	20.2 °C	540 mm	99	0
2008	39.8 °C3 November 2008	4.4 °C15 June 2008	21.0 °C	368 mm	123	0
2007	38.3 °C22 February 2007	2.1 °C24 May 2007	21.0 °C	443 mm	139	0
2006	38.3 °C25 October 2006	2.2 °C23 May 2006	20.4 °C	478 mm	94	0
2005	39.6 °C3 November 2005	5.4 °C6 July 2005	22.1 °C	286 mm	156	0
2004	37.5 °C15 January 2004	2.5 °C16 July 2004	20.7 °C	435 mm	107	0
2003	39.6 °C14 January 2003	3.4 °C8 July 2003	22.0 °C	293 mm	194	0
2002	39.2 °C19 October 2002	2.1 °C19 July 2002	21.3 °C	219 mm	158	0
2001	38.1 °C24 September 2001	3.2 °C20 July 2001	20.4 °C	570 mm	110	0
2000	35.4 °C10 October 2000	0.4 °C17 July 2000	19.4 °C	739 mm	70	0
1999	37.7 °C5 November 1999	5.0 °C29 June 1999	20.9 °C	338 mm	101	0
1998	37.5 °C4 February 1998	3.2 °C5 July 1998	21.0 °C	464 mm	135	0
1997	39.2 °C9 November 1997	2.8 °C1 July 1997	20.2 °C	436 mm	93	0
1996	37.0 °C3 November 1996	0.1 °C8 July 1996	19.9 °C	662 mm	88	0
1995	38.9 °C11 October 1995	2.7 °C7 August 1995	21.1 °C	638 mm	127	0
1994	36.9 °C25 October 1994	1.4 °C1 July 1994	20.6 °C	266 mm	118	0
1993	38.5 °C31 October 1993	3.5 °C13 June 1993	21.4 °C	356 mm	127	0
1992	39.1 °C25 February 1992	3.6 °C6 July 1992	22.1 °C	264 mm	174	0
1991	36.4 °C7 October 1991	3.5 °C19 July 1991	20.5 °C	515 mm	106	0
1990	39.4 °C14 November 1990	4.0 °C16 August 1990	21.1 °C	355 mm	113	0
1989	37.5 °C20 December 1989	1.3 °C20 July 1989	20.6 °C	297 mm	102	0
1988	36.8 °C30 January 1988	1.9 °C10 June 1988	20.2 °C	532 mm	89	0
1987	38.3 °C20 November 1987	3.1 °C22 July 1987	21.7 °C	359 mm	158	0
1986	36.5 °C13 January 1986	5.5 °C30 June 1986	21.2 °C	368 mm	130	0
1985	37.2 °C11 December 1985	2.7 °C13 July 1985	21.1 °C	398 mm	112	0
1984	38.1 °C30 January 1984	3.5 °C23 July 1984	21.2 °C	350 mm	141	0
1983	38.8 °C22 February 1983	4.7 °C26 June 1983	21.8 °C	392 mm	151	0
1982	37.1 °C28 December 1982	3.3 °C16 June 1982	20.9 °C	355 mm	129	0
1981	39.7 °C8 November 1981	1.2 °C10 June 1981	19.6 °C	527 mm	84	0
1980	37.3 °C2 January 1980	1.7 °C24 June 1980	19.9 °C	447 mm	91	0
1979	37.7 °C1 December 1979	1.9 °C25 July 1979	20.5 °C	404 mm	139	0
1978	37.4 °C29 September 1978	2.5 °C21 June 1978	19.6 °C	658 mm	62	0
1977	37.7 °C19 November 1977	3.8 °C5 July 1977	20.3 °C	612 mm	101	0
1976	35.5 °C24 November 1976	2.1 °C21 June 1976	19.5 °C	450 mm	73	0
1975	36.6 °C16 October 1975	3.3 °C26 July 1975	19.6 °C	534 mm	73	0
1974	36.7 °C17 October 1974	4.9 °C13 June 1974	19.4 °C	498 mm	50	0
1973	37.7 °C15 March 1973	4.0 °C10 July 1973	20.7 °C	429 mm	128	0
1972	37.5 °C3 December 1972	1.2 °C2 August 1972	20.3 °C	491 mm	109	0
1971	35.5 °C29 September 1971	3.9 °C18 July 1971	20.3 °C	478 mm	100	0
1970	37.7 °C14 December 1970	4.9 °C23 July 1970	21.5 °C	391 mm	143	0
1969	38.6 °C14 January 1969	2.9 °C20 July 1969	20.4 °C	512 mm	102	0
1968	38.3 °C4 January 1968	-0.5 °C15 June 1968	20.1 °C	411 mm	127	2
1967	36.4 °C16 November 1967	2.4 °C7 June 1967	19.5 °C	464 mm	73	0
1966	38.4 °C5 January 1966	4.9 °C22 May 1966	20.6 °C	486 mm	108	0
1965	37.7 °C28 October 1965	2.6 °C25 June 1965	20.6 °C	176 mm	122	0
1964	37.2 °C9 February 1964	0.5 °C21 June 1964	20.6 °C	326 mm	133	0
1963	36.1 °C5 October 1963	2.5 °C15 July 1963	20.1 °C	409 mm	114	0
1962	39.1 °C17 October 1962	5.1 °C29 August 1962	20.8 °C	586 mm	125	0
1961	38.3 °C24 October 1961	5.8 °C8 August 1961	20.3 °C	419 mm	104	0
1960	36.9 °C3 January 1960	2.9 °C20 July 1960	20.2 °C	528 mm	114	0
1959	37.3 °C17 October 1959	3.9 °C17 May 1959	20.2 °C	326 mm	108	0
1958	36.7 °C20 November 1958	4.0 °C15 June 1958	20.3 °C	825 mm	82	0
1957	35.5 °C12 November 1957	4.3 °C20 June 1957	20.3 °C	580 mm	74	0
1956	35.4 °C2 February 1956	3.0 °C11 June 1956	20.4 °C	492 mm	94	0
1955	35.1 °C12 October 1955	2.0 °C29 June 1955	19.0 °C	771 mm	48	0
1954	39.3 °C25 October 1954	2.6 °C22 July 1954	21.8 °C	148 mm	183	0
1953	38.3 °C30 October 1953	2.5 °C30 July 1953	20.2 °C	537 mm	76	0
1952	38.4 °C20 November 1952	4.8 °C5 July 1952	20.9 °C	471 mm	118	0
1951	39.0 °C21 December 1951	3.6 °C16 July 1951	21.1 °C	548 mm	127	0
1950	37.7 °C23 October 1950	5.3 °C28 May 1950	20.7 °C	390 mm	116	0
1949	41.3 °C14 January 1949	5.6 °C10 June 1949	20.6 °C	466 mm	118	0
1948	36.0 °C2 October 1948	4.7 °C23 July 1948	20.0 °C	592 mm	81	0
1947	37.9 °C8 October 1947	3.3 °C17 July 1947	20.1 °C	690 mm	72	0
1946	38.4 °C29 October 1946	4.6 °C7 July 1946	20.5 °C	499 mm	98	0
1945	37.5 °C5 October 1945	4.3 °C28 June 1945	20.4 °C	450 mm	76	0
1944	39.0 °C26 September 1944	5.5 °C26 July 1944	20.4 °C	687 mm	69	0
1943	37.1 °C10 October 1943	4.6 °C6 August 1943	19.9 °C	504 mm	59	0
1942	35.7 °C23 October 1942	0.9 °C21 July 1942	20.1 °C	633 mm	67	0
1941	38.5 °C7 October 1941	4.7 °C5 July 1941	21.6 °C	337 mm	142	0
1940	37.9 °C7 November 1940	2.6 °C3 July 1940	21.7 °C	331 mm	148	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.0 °C

-0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

97 d/yr

-17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

698 mm

+240 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.4 °C	-1.6 °C	213 mm	+122 mm
Feb	28.0 °C	-1.5 °C	227 mm	+150 mm
Mar	28.3 °C	-0.4 °C	5 mm	-47 mm
Apr	26.3 °C	-0.6 °C	42 mm	+12 mm
May	23.6 °C	-1.0 °C	7 mm	-0 mm
Jun	22.2 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Jul	22.4 °C	+0.6 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Aug	27.4 °C	+2.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	31.5 °C	+2.7 °C	4 mm	-4 mm
Oct	30.9 °C	+0.1 °C	6 mm	-22 mm
Nov	27.2 °C	-3.0 °C	117 mm	+51 mm
Dec	28.2 °C	-1.7 °C	77 mm	-14 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.7 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest day

1.1 °C

30 Jul 2025

Wettest day

49.0 mm

15 Feb 2025

Windiest day

34.6 km/h

27 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

64.4 km/h

17 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.8 °C

16 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.3 °C

30 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

6 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mahalapye?

Mahalapye has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 458 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mahalapye?

The hottest day measured in Mahalapye between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1949, reaching 41.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mahalapye?

The coldest day measured in Mahalapye between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -0.5 °C.

Does it snow in Mahalapye?

Almost never: Mahalapye sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Mahalapye warmed?

Yes: Mahalapye warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mahalapye?

The wettest day measured in Mahalapye between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1955, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mahalapye?

The windiest day measured in Mahalapye between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1987, with winds reaching 39.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mahalapye?

The warmest month in Mahalapye is January (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Mahalapye?

Mahalapye receives on average 458 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 69 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mahalapye?

Mahalapye gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mahalapye?

Yes: Mahalapye has on average 65 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mahalapye?

In Mahalapye, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 7 December 2015, and the lowest was -5.2 °C on 13 June 1968.

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