Ramotswa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ramotswa?

Ramotswa has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 454 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Ramotswa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 42.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ramotswa?

The coldest day measured in Ramotswa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -2.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ramotswa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ramotswa warmed?

Yes: Ramotswa warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ramotswa?

The wettest day measured in Ramotswa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 2025, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ramotswa?

The windiest day measured in Ramotswa between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1985, with winds reaching 38.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ramotswa?

The warmest month in Ramotswa is January (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ramotswa?

Ramotswa receives on average 454 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 70 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ramotswa?

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

Ramotswa (Botswana) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 454 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 (25.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (12.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.

Ramotswa averages 0 frost days, 120 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 70 rainy days per year.

Ramotswa has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.8 °C (on 7 January 2016) and the coldest -2.5 °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

RamotswaSouth-East District

coords: -24.87°, 25.87°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthFebruaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.2°C

Average daily high

27.3°C

Average daily low

14.3°C

Annual rainfall

454mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

52%

Average peak wind

16.1km/h

Seasonal range

12.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

120 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

70 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.8 °C

Average feels-like low

12.8 °C

Average peak gust

33.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

57 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.10 · p = 0.003

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

42.8 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest day

-2.5 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

111 mm

15 February 2025

Windiest day

38.8 km/h

31 October 1985

Strongest gust

75.2 km/h

27 September 2007

Hottest feels-like

43.1 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

-6.4 °C

20 June 1978

Sunniest day

13.5 h

15 December 2017

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.2 °C15 October 2025	0.2 °C5 July 2025	19.8 °C	892 mm	105	0
2024	41.3 °C7 December 2024	-1.7 °C9 July 2024	21.8 °C	250 mm	175	3
2023	39.1 °C8 October 2023	0.8 °C31 July 2023	21.0 °C	326 mm	162	0
2022	38.5 °C4 October 2022	1.8 °C16 June 2022	20.2 °C	488 mm	115	0
2021	38.6 °C16 November 2021	0.6 °C22 July 2021	20.2 °C	584 mm	118	0
2020	38.0 °C19 October 2020	0.8 °C20 August 2020	20.4 °C	338 mm	135	0
2019	38.8 °C3 March 2019	0.4 °C3 July 2019	22.2 °C	322 mm	176	0
2018	39.1 °C26 December 2018	1.8 °C3 July 2018	21.2 °C	316 mm	151	0
2017	38.2 °C7 November 2017	2.8 °C9 June 2017	20.5 °C	593 mm	113	0
2016	42.8 °C7 January 2016	-0.3 °C28 July 2016	22.0 °C	373 mm	177	1
2015	41.0 °C11 November 2015	1.5 °C18 July 2015	22.4 °C	183 mm	190	0
2014	37.3 °C10 January 2014	-1.2 °C9 July 2014	20.3 °C	455 mm	117	2
2013	37.8 °C12 October 2013	2.3 °C13 August 2013	21.2 °C	234 mm	157	0
2012	38.4 °C21 November 2012	0.7 °C13 June 2012	20.7 °C	294 mm	154	0
2011	38.9 °C24 October 2011	-0.6 °C2 July 2011	19.6 °C	475 mm	90	1
2010	37.6 °C13 February 2010	-0.8 °C13 July 2010	20.6 °C	408 mm	134	1
2009	37.4 °C18 December 2009	0.6 °C27 June 2009	19.7 °C	561 mm	104	0
2008	37.1 °C31 October 2008	1.0 °C11 July 2008	20.1 °C	445 mm	113	0
2007	37.8 °C22 February 2007	-1.2 °C24 May 2007	20.6 °C	324 mm	144	2
2006	37.7 °C25 October 2006	1.6 °C25 May 2006	19.6 °C	555 mm	83	0
2005	39.1 °C3 November 2005	2.4 °C11 July 2005	21.2 °C	340 mm	153	0
2004	36.9 °C10 November 2004	0.7 °C29 July 2004	20.1 °C	455 mm	115	0
2003	38.7 °C14 January 2003	1.6 °C21 August 2003	21.0 °C	274 mm	165	0
2002	38.1 °C19 October 2002	0.7 °C22 July 2002	20.6 °C	276 mm	151	0
2001	38.1 °C11 January 2001	1.2 °C20 July 2001	19.7 °C	670 mm	107	0
2000	35.6 °C19 October 2000	-1.4 °C21 July 2000	19.1 °C	702 mm	77	1
1999	37.1 °C1 March 1999	2.2 °C2 July 1999	20.4 °C	393 mm	120	0
1998	37.1 °C15 November 1998	-0.5 °C5 July 1998	20.5 °C	412 mm	141	1
1997	37.8 °C7 November 1997	0.0 °C17 June 1997	19.6 °C	558 mm	107	0
1996	37.2 °C3 November 1996	-0.7 °C8 July 1996	19.7 °C	443 mm	103	1
1995	38.3 °C11 October 1995	0.6 °C19 July 1995	20.6 °C	589 mm	129	0
1994	37.6 °C14 December 1994	-0.2 °C3 July 1994	19.8 °C	288 mm	106	1
1993	37.6 °C19 January 1993	0.8 °C21 June 1993	20.7 °C	319 mm	115	0
1992	39.3 °C27 February 1992	0.9 °C24 June 1992	21.3 °C	275 mm	173	0
1991	36.4 °C8 October 1991	0.3 °C28 July 1991	19.6 °C	569 mm	94	0
1990	37.7 °C14 November 1990	0.7 °C14 July 1990	20.3 °C	350 mm	137	0
1989	36.7 °C19 October 1989	0.0 °C21 July 1989	19.6 °C	421 mm	97	0
1988	38.0 °C4 January 1988	-0.6 °C10 June 1988	19.6 °C	648 mm	93	2
1987	38.0 °C20 February 1987	1.9 °C7 June 1987	21.2 °C	391 mm	160	0
1986	36.3 °C16 December 1986	2.8 °C25 July 1986	20.8 °C	386 mm	131	0
1985	37.5 °C11 December 1985	1.2 °C13 July 1985	21.0 °C	419 mm	140	0
1984	38.6 °C29 December 1984	2.8 °C11 June 1984	20.8 °C	293 mm	145	0
1983	38.3 °C22 February 1983	1.2 °C27 June 1983	21.1 °C	339 mm	158	0
1982	38.4 °C28 December 1982	-0.5 °C17 June 1982	20.1 °C	413 mm	125	2
1981	38.1 °C6 November 1981	-1.2 °C17 June 1981	18.8 °C	628 mm	75	1
1980	38.0 °C2 January 1980	-0.8 °C1 July 1980	19.2 °C	429 mm	90	3
1979	38.5 °C7 January 1979	0.5 °C13 June 1979	20.1 °C	406 mm	152	0
1978	36.3 °C29 September 1978	-2.5 °C20 June 1978	19.3 °C	487 mm	71	2
1977	35.9 °C18 November 1977	1.7 °C27 June 1977	19.4 °C	593 mm	87	0
1976	34.9 °C18 December 1976	0.1 °C21 June 1976	18.3 °C	707 mm	47	0
1975	35.8 °C16 October 1975	0.9 °C24 July 1975	18.9 °C	595 mm	81	0
1974	35.9 °C5 November 1974	0.5 °C2 August 1974	18.9 °C	454 mm	60	0
1973	39.8 °C19 January 1973	2.2 °C16 July 1973	20.0 °C	503 mm	120	0
1972	38.8 °C22 December 1972	-1.2 °C2 August 1972	19.9 °C	483 mm	111	1
1971	36.0 °C25 December 1971	0.8 °C18 July 1971	19.5 °C	518 mm	88	0
1970	38.5 °C11 January 1970	0.4 °C23 July 1970	20.7 °C	475 mm	140	0
1969	40.1 °C15 January 1969	0.6 °C18 June 1969	20.3 °C	348 mm	113	0
1968	38.3 °C4 January 1968	-2.5 °C15 June 1968	19.5 °C	410 mm	119	3
1967	36.6 °C10 December 1967	-0.5 °C13 June 1967	19.0 °C	601 mm	85	2
1966	38.5 °C2 January 1966	3.2 °C8 August 1966	20.2 °C	497 mm	114	0
1965	38.4 °C29 October 1965	0.3 °C25 June 1965	20.3 °C	172 mm	138	0
1964	37.3 °C23 February 1964	-0.8 °C25 June 1964	20.3 °C	325 mm	153	3
1963	36.6 °C29 December 1963	-0.3 °C15 July 1963	19.9 °C	366 mm	120	1
1962	38.1 °C16 October 1962	1.5 °C9 July 1962	20.4 °C	611 mm	144	0
1961	37.4 °C25 December 1961	3.2 °C4 August 1961	19.8 °C	497 mm	109	0
1960	37.6 °C8 October 1960	1.7 °C20 July 1960	19.8 °C	523 mm	119	0
1959	37.5 °C18 October 1959	3.1 °C19 July 1959	19.7 °C	407 mm	120	0
1958	38.5 °C23 November 1958	1.9 °C15 June 1958	19.8 °C	791 mm	85	0
1957	37.5 °C22 December 1957	0.7 °C20 June 1957	19.7 °C	567 mm	89	0
1956	38.4 °C2 February 1956	1.0 °C11 June 1956	19.9 °C	526 mm	96	0
1955	35.1 °C10 January 1955	-1.8 °C29 June 1955	18.6 °C	675 mm	61	1
1954	39.0 °C10 February 1954	-0.1 °C28 July 1954	21.2 °C	131 mm	198	1
1953	38.6 °C30 October 1953	-0.6 °C30 July 1953	20.1 °C	528 mm	104	1
1952	38.9 °C19 November 1952	2.5 °C18 July 1952	20.6 °C	429 mm	123	0
1951	39.5 °C21 December 1951	0.5 °C16 July 1951	20.2 °C	526 mm	113	0
1950	37.4 °C30 December 1950	1.6 °C1 August 1950	19.9 °C	495 mm	110	0
1949	40.4 °C9 January 1949	3.1 °C16 July 1949	20.5 °C	366 mm	145	0
1948	38.7 °C30 December 1948	2.1 °C23 July 1948	19.7 °C	563 mm	103	0
1947	38.5 °C9 October 1947	0.7 °C13 July 1947	19.8 °C	567 mm	96	0
1946	38.7 °C29 October 1946	1.3 °C7 July 1946	20.2 °C	453 mm	120	0
1945	37.6 °C5 October 1945	1.2 °C10 July 1945	20.3 °C	406 mm	98	0
1944	38.9 °C26 September 1944	0.5 °C9 July 1944	19.8 °C	622 mm	78	0
1943	37.2 °C13 February 1943	1.8 °C6 August 1943	19.6 °C	638 mm	78	0
1942	36.1 °C24 October 1942	-0.4 °C21 July 1942	19.9 °C	505 mm	97	1
1941	38.7 °C15 October 1941	2.3 °C29 June 1941	21.3 °C	291 mm	171	0
1940	38.3 °C7 November 1940	0.5 °C13 July 1940	21.2 °C	310 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

26.7 °C

-0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

105 d/yr

-15

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

892 mm

+438 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.2 °C	-1.6 °C	168 mm	+85 mm
Feb	28.5 °C	-1.5 °C	395 mm	+312 mm
Mar	27.9 °C	-1.0 °C	24 mm	-30 mm
Apr	24.7 °C	-1.9 °C	114 mm	+80 mm
May	22.8 °C	-1.3 °C	10 mm	-2 mm
Jun	21.4 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Jul	21.6 °C	+0.4 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Aug	26.3 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Sep	30.4 °C	+1.9 °C	3 mm	-8 mm
Oct	30.9 °C	+0.3 °C	20 mm	-14 mm
Nov	28.2 °C	-2.5 °C	65 mm	+7 mm
Dec	29.0 °C	-1.8 °C	94 mm	+16 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.2 °C

15 Oct 2025

Coldest day

0.2 °C

5 Jul 2025

Wettest day

111.1 mm

15 Feb 2025

Windiest day

29.4 km/h

21 May 2025

Strongest gust

55.4 km/h

9 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.2 °C

23 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.2 °C

5 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

16 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ramotswa?

Ramotswa has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 454 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ramotswa?

The hottest day measured in Ramotswa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 42.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ramotswa?

The coldest day measured in Ramotswa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -2.5 °C.

Does it snow in Ramotswa?

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

Has the climate of Ramotswa warmed?

Yes: Ramotswa warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ramotswa?

The wettest day measured in Ramotswa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 2025, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ramotswa?

The windiest day measured in Ramotswa between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1985, with winds reaching 38.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ramotswa?

The warmest month in Ramotswa is January (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Ramotswa?

Ramotswa receives on average 454 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 70 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ramotswa?

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

Are there tropical nights in Ramotswa?

Yes: Ramotswa has on average 57 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ramotswa?

In Ramotswa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 7 January 2016, and the lowest was -6.4 °C on 20 June 1978.

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