Mochudi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mochudi?

Mochudi has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 457 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mochudi between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 43.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mochudi?

The coldest day measured in Mochudi between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -0.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mochudi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mochudi warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Mochudi?

The wettest day measured in Mochudi between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 2025, with 115 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mochudi?

The windiest day measured in Mochudi between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2021, with winds reaching 37.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mochudi?

The warmest month in Mochudi is January (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (13.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mochudi?

Mochudi receives on average 457 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 68 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mochudi?

Mochudi gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mochudi (Botswana) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 457 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (13.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Mochudi averages 0 frost days, 138 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 68 rainy days per year.

Mochudi has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.4 °C (on 7 January 2016) and the coldest -0.7 °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

MochudiKgatleng District

coords: -24.42°, 26.15°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.0°C

Average daily high

28.1°C

Average daily low

15.2°C

Annual rainfall

457mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

52%

Average peak wind

16.0km/h

Seasonal range

12.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

138 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

68 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.8 °C

Average feels-like low

13.8 °C

Average peak gust

33.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

84 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.11 · p = 0.002

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

43.4 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest day

-0.7 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

115 mm

15 February 2025

Windiest day

37.8 km/h

14 August 2021

Strongest gust

78.5 km/h

25 July 2016

Hottest feels-like

44.2 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

-4.2 °C

10 July 2024

Sunniest day

13.5 h

17 December 2017

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.1 °C26 October 2025	1.8 °C6 July 2025	20.5 °C	908 mm	123	0
2024	41.4 °C7 December 2024	-0.5 °C10 July 2024	22.5 °C	210 mm	192	1
2023	39.9 °C8 October 2023	2.8 °C31 July 2023	21.9 °C	300 mm	178	0
2022	39.2 °C4 October 2022	2.5 °C17 June 2022	21.0 °C	407 mm	140	0
2021	39.1 °C16 November 2021	1.6 °C26 July 2021	20.8 °C	579 mm	130	0
2020	39.2 °C19 October 2020	1.4 °C14 June 2020	21.1 °C	366 mm	150	0
2019	39.9 °C3 March 2019	3.0 °C3 July 2019	22.9 °C	310 mm	195	0
2018	40.0 °C2 December 2018	3.9 °C3 July 2018	22.0 °C	356 mm	167	0
2017	39.4 °C7 November 2017	5.0 °C9 June 2017	21.4 °C	523 mm	137	0
2016	43.4 °C7 January 2016	0.9 °C28 July 2016	22.7 °C	367 mm	188	0
2015	41.6 °C11 November 2015	3.1 °C18 July 2015	23.0 °C	207 mm	202	0
2014	38.3 °C10 January 2014	1.5 °C9 July 2014	20.9 °C	494 mm	130	0
2013	39.1 °C12 October 2013	4.4 °C23 June 2013	21.9 °C	277 mm	174	0
2012	39.9 °C21 November 2012	1.7 °C10 August 2012	21.7 °C	308 mm	177	0
2011	39.9 °C24 October 2011	0.9 °C2 June 2011	20.6 °C	468 mm	129	0
2010	39.1 °C13 November 2010	1.5 °C17 June 2010	21.5 °C	428 mm	165	0
2009	38.8 °C18 December 2009	1.8 °C27 June 2009	20.5 °C	532 mm	129	0
2008	38.6 °C3 November 2008	2.1 °C7 July 2008	20.9 °C	469 mm	142	0
2007	38.6 °C22 February 2007	1.2 °C24 May 2007	21.3 °C	289 mm	161	0
2006	38.9 °C25 October 2006	3.0 °C23 May 2006	20.6 °C	522 mm	121	0
2005	39.4 °C3 November 2005	4.5 °C11 July 2005	22.1 °C	323 mm	171	0
2004	38.0 °C10 November 2004	1.6 °C30 July 2004	20.8 °C	478 mm	133	0
2003	40.2 °C14 January 2003	3.0 °C9 July 2003	22.0 °C	282 mm	186	0
2002	39.1 °C19 October 2002	2.3 °C22 July 2002	21.4 °C	239 mm	171	0
2001	39.3 °C11 January 2001	2.1 °C25 July 2001	20.6 °C	615 mm	125	0
2000	35.8 °C19 October 2000	1.0 °C17 July 2000	19.7 °C	802 mm	86	0
1999	39.0 °C1 March 1999	3.3 °C2 July 1999	21.3 °C	373 mm	158	0
1998	38.8 °C15 November 1998	0.9 °C5 July 1998	21.4 °C	389 mm	169	0
1997	37.9 °C7 November 1997	1.6 °C17 June 1997	20.3 °C	541 mm	119	0
1996	38.6 °C3 November 1996	0.5 °C8 July 1996	20.3 °C	527 mm	115	0
1995	39.7 °C27 January 1995	2.5 °C19 July 1995	21.4 °C	574 mm	147	0
1994	38.1 °C14 December 1994	0.6 °C3 July 1994	20.6 °C	252 mm	127	0
1993	38.9 °C19 January 1993	4.0 °C21 June 1993	21.5 °C	354 mm	145	0
1992	40.3 °C27 February 1992	2.1 °C6 July 1992	22.3 °C	251 mm	193	0
1991	36.8 °C8 October 1991	2.5 °C24 June 1991	20.5 °C	501 mm	116	0
1990	39.4 °C14 November 1990	2.5 °C24 June 1990	21.0 °C	332 mm	147	0
1989	38.0 °C20 December 1989	1.4 °C20 July 1989	20.5 °C	385 mm	108	0
1988	38.8 °C31 January 1988	1.7 °C10 June 1988	20.4 °C	614 mm	113	0
1987	39.0 °C20 February 1987	2.8 °C7 June 1987	22.0 °C	352 mm	173	0
1986	37.2 °C14 January 1986	4.8 °C25 June 1986	21.7 °C	373 mm	151	0
1985	39.0 °C11 December 1985	2.3 °C13 July 1985	21.9 °C	454 mm	165	0
1984	39.5 °C29 December 1984	4.4 °C2 June 1984	21.6 °C	291 mm	158	0
1983	39.5 °C11 January 1983	2.4 °C27 June 1983	21.9 °C	357 mm	175	0
1982	40.5 °C28 December 1982	1.3 °C17 June 1982	21.0 °C	363 mm	147	0
1981	39.9 °C6 November 1981	0.6 °C17 June 1981	19.6 °C	649 mm	93	0
1980	39.1 °C2 January 1980	0.6 °C24 June 1980	19.9 °C	413 mm	105	0
1979	39.1 °C7 January 1979	0.9 °C26 July 1979	20.7 °C	402 mm	159	0
1978	37.0 °C29 September 1978	0.9 °C20 June 1978	19.9 °C	559 mm	90	0
1977	37.5 °C15 January 1977	3.1 °C5 July 1977	20.3 °C	556 mm	112	0
1976	35.9 °C18 December 1976	1.8 °C21 June 1976	19.2 °C	653 mm	65	0
1975	37.0 °C11 January 1975	2.1 °C25 July 1975	19.7 °C	559 mm	88	0
1974	36.9 °C5 November 1974	3.1 °C28 July 1974	19.7 °C	445 mm	78	0
1973	39.9 °C19 January 1973	3.4 °C10 July 1973	20.9 °C	503 mm	148	0
1972	39.5 °C22 December 1972	0.8 °C4 August 1972	20.8 °C	502 mm	131	0
1971	36.9 °C25 December 1971	3.4 °C18 July 1971	20.4 °C	496 mm	115	0
1970	38.9 °C11 January 1970	2.6 °C23 July 1970	21.6 °C	432 mm	169	0
1969	40.1 °C15 January 1969	2.3 °C18 June 1969	21.0 °C	405 mm	133	0
1968	39.8 °C4 January 1968	-0.7 °C15 June 1968	20.3 °C	404 mm	137	1
1967	37.3 °C9 January 1967	1.9 °C13 June 1967	19.7 °C	536 mm	101	0
1966	39.4 °C2 January 1966	4.9 °C20 June 1966	21.1 °C	479 mm	135	0
1965	38.8 °C29 October 1965	2.1 °C20 June 1965	20.9 °C	179 mm	154	0
1964	38.7 °C23 February 1964	1.0 °C27 June 1964	21.2 °C	361 mm	167	0
1963	37.6 °C29 December 1963	0.3 °C15 July 1963	20.5 °C	442 mm	141	0
1962	38.7 °C16 October 1962	3.7 °C15 June 1962	21.0 °C	682 mm	155	0
1961	38.8 °C23 December 1961	5.0 °C17 June 1961	20.5 °C	567 mm	124	0
1960	38.3 °C8 October 1960	3.1 °C25 July 1960	20.7 °C	515 mm	137	0
1959	38.6 °C27 November 1959	4.4 °C18 July 1959	20.5 °C	387 mm	148	0
1958	39.2 °C23 November 1958	3.0 °C17 June 1958	20.4 °C	822 mm	106	0
1957	37.9 °C22 December 1957	2.6 °C20 June 1957	20.5 °C	634 mm	112	0
1956	38.8 °C2 February 1956	2.9 °C11 June 1956	20.3 °C	510 mm	106	0
1955	35.6 °C10 January 1955	0.7 °C29 June 1955	19.4 °C	661 mm	68	0
1954	39.8 °C25 October 1954	0.3 °C28 July 1954	22.2 °C	140 mm	206	0
1953	40.0 °C22 January 1953	1.9 °C30 July 1953	20.8 °C	498 mm	116	0
1952	40.2 °C20 November 1952	3.7 °C4 July 1952	21.3 °C	491 mm	134	0
1951	40.1 °C21 December 1951	2.5 °C16 July 1951	21.0 °C	575 mm	132	0
1950	38.5 °C30 December 1950	4.1 °C1 August 1950	20.9 °C	478 mm	139	0
1949	41.5 °C9 January 1949	4.8 °C6 July 1949	21.1 °C	391 mm	152	0
1948	39.0 °C30 December 1948	3.7 °C23 July 1948	20.3 °C	583 mm	108	0
1947	39.1 °C4 November 1947	2.4 °C13 July 1947	20.3 °C	763 mm	98	0
1946	39.5 °C23 October 1946	2.7 °C7 July 1946	21.0 °C	454 mm	133	0
1945	38.4 °C5 October 1945	2.5 °C10 July 1945	21.1 °C	395 mm	117	0
1944	40.0 °C26 September 1944	3.8 °C9 July 1944	20.6 °C	636 mm	92	0
1943	37.1 °C13 October 1943	3.7 °C6 August 1943	20.2 °C	584 mm	87	0
1942	36.7 °C24 October 1942	2.4 °C21 July 1942	20.5 °C	640 mm	113	0
1941	39.4 °C16 October 1941	3.3 °C5 July 1941	22.0 °C	309 mm	184	0
1940	39.0 °C7 November 1940	1.8 °C13 July 1940	22.0 °C	319 mm	168	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.4 °C

-0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

123 d/yr

-15

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

908 mm

+451 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.8 °C	-1.7 °C	236 mm	+150 mm
Feb	29.1 °C	-1.6 °C	375 mm	+292 mm
Mar	28.6 °C	-1.0 °C	18 mm	-36 mm
Apr	25.5 °C	-1.9 °C	79 mm	+44 mm
May	23.5 °C	-1.3 °C	8 mm	-2 mm
Jun	22.1 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Jul	22.3 °C	+0.4 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Aug	27.0 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Sep	31.2 °C	+1.9 °C	4 mm	-6 mm
Oct	31.7 °C	+0.3 °C	16 mm	-14 mm
Nov	28.5 °C	-2.9 °C	83 mm	+24 mm
Dec	29.7 °C	-1.8 °C	88 mm	+7 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.1 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest day

1.8 °C

6 Jul 2025

Wettest day

114.9 mm

15 Feb 2025

Windiest day

31.7 km/h

9 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

60.1 km/h

9 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.0 °C

24 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.8 °C

5 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.4 h

9 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mochudi?

Mochudi has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 457 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mochudi?

The hottest day measured in Mochudi between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 43.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mochudi?

The coldest day measured in Mochudi between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -0.7 °C.

Does it snow in Mochudi?

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

Has the climate of Mochudi warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Mochudi?

The wettest day measured in Mochudi between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 2025, with 115 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mochudi?

The windiest day measured in Mochudi between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2021, with winds reaching 37.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mochudi?

The warmest month in Mochudi is January (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (13.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Mochudi?

Mochudi receives on average 457 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 68 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mochudi?

Mochudi gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mochudi?

Yes: Mochudi has on average 84 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mochudi?

In Mochudi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 7 January 2016, and the lowest was -4.2 °C on 10 July 2024.

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