Selebi-Phikwe climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Selebi-Phikwe?

Selebi-Phikwe has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 408 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Selebi-Phikwe?

The hottest day measured in Selebi-Phikwe between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 2024, reaching 42.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Selebi-Phikwe?

The coldest day measured in Selebi-Phikwe between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -1.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Selebi-Phikwe?

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

Q: Has the climate of Selebi-Phikwe warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Selebi-Phikwe?

The wettest day measured in Selebi-Phikwe between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 2013, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Selebi-Phikwe?

The windiest day measured in Selebi-Phikwe between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 1959, with winds reaching 41.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Selebi-Phikwe?

The warmest month in Selebi-Phikwe is January (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Selebi-Phikwe?

Selebi-Phikwe receives on average 408 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 60 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Selebi-Phikwe?

Selebi-Phikwe gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Selebi-Phikwe (Botswana) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 408 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 (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (15.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Selebi-Phikwe averages 0 frost days, 137 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 60 rainy days per year.

Selebi-Phikwe 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 42.6 °C (on 13 December 2024) and the coldest -1.1 °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

Selebi-PhikweSelibe Phikwe

coords: -21.98°, 27.84°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

21.5°C

Average daily high

28.2°C

Average daily low

15.7°C

Annual rainfall

408mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

54%

Average peak wind

18.2km/h

Seasonal range

10.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

137 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

60 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.9 °C

Average feels-like low

14.4 °C

Average peak gust

36.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

86 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 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

42.6 °C

13 December 2024

Coldest day

-1.1 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

140 mm

20 January 2013

Windiest day

41.5 km/h

10 September 1959

Strongest gust

77.0 km/h

18 February 1995

Hottest feels-like

44.4 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

-5.0 °C

15 June 1968

Sunniest day

13.3 h

12 December 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.2 °C26 October 2025	2.4 °C30 July 2025	20.9 °C	733 mm	119	0
2024	42.6 °C13 December 2024	1.3 °C5 June 2024	22.8 °C	312 mm	189	0
2023	40.3 °C22 October 2023	4.7 °C11 July 2023	22.7 °C	376 mm	194	0
2022	40.1 °C4 October 2022	3.5 °C8 June 2022	21.8 °C	383 mm	154	0
2021	40.3 °C2 November 2021	3.2 °C21 July 2021	21.2 °C	611 mm	130	0
2020	40.2 °C8 November 2020	3.0 °C14 July 2020	21.5 °C	470 mm	138	0
2019	41.9 °C28 October 2019	3.8 °C23 July 2019	22.8 °C	345 mm	178	0
2018	40.1 °C8 January 2018	5.1 °C25 July 2018	22.3 °C	313 mm	170	0
2017	40.1 °C16 October 2017	4.3 °C21 July 2017	21.2 °C	483 mm	108	0
2016	42.5 °C7 January 2016	2.8 °C28 July 2016	22.6 °C	420 mm	171	0
2015	41.8 °C12 November 2015	4.5 °C18 July 2015	23.0 °C	206 mm	197	0
2014	39.1 °C9 October 2014	1.5 °C7 June 2014	21.0 °C	587 mm	117	0
2013	39.9 °C17 November 2013	5.3 °C20 June 2013	21.8 °C	454 mm	150	0
2012	39.7 °C4 March 2012	2.5 °C20 July 2012	22.5 °C	285 mm	189	0
2011	42.0 °C12 November 2011	1.7 °C27 June 2011	21.6 °C	366 mm	147	0
2010	40.9 °C11 October 2010	1.5 °C17 June 2010	22.2 °C	342 mm	175	0
2009	39.2 °C8 October 2009	3.8 °C26 July 2009	21.1 °C	447 mm	141	0
2008	41.1 °C3 November 2008	2.9 °C7 July 2008	21.5 °C	360 mm	143	0
2007	39.1 °C17 March 2007	1.0 °C24 May 2007	21.3 °C	403 mm	151	0
2006	38.6 °C25 October 2006	2.9 °C6 August 2006	21.4 °C	374 mm	135	0
2005	40.1 °C16 November 2005	5.8 °C1 July 2005	23.1 °C	232 mm	190	0
2004	39.6 °C15 January 2004	4.4 °C13 July 2004	21.7 °C	345 mm	136	0
2003	40.4 °C14 January 2003	4.7 °C16 July 2003	22.7 °C	297 mm	193	0
2002	40.1 °C19 October 2002	4.5 °C5 July 2002	22.2 °C	156 mm	179	0
2001	38.9 °C11 January 2001	2.9 °C20 July 2001	20.9 °C	540 mm	114	0
2000	37.1 °C10 October 2000	1.6 °C18 July 2000	20.1 °C	721 mm	92	0
1999	38.9 °C17 November 1999	4.9 °C15 June 1999	21.7 °C	293 mm	131	0
1998	39.4 °C3 November 1998	5.0 °C2 July 1998	21.8 °C	448 mm	155	0
1997	40.8 °C9 November 1997	4.0 °C31 May 1997	21.0 °C	349 mm	116	0
1996	38.5 °C20 October 1996	1.9 °C10 July 1996	20.7 °C	739 mm	111	0
1995	40.8 °C12 October 1995	3.8 °C7 August 1995	22.1 °C	471 mm	146	0
1994	39.5 °C14 November 1994	1.8 °C13 July 1994	21.5 °C	204 mm	151	0
1993	39.5 °C31 October 1993	5.6 °C13 June 1993	22.2 °C	277 mm	156	0
1992	41.7 °C25 February 1992	4.5 °C9 July 1992	23.0 °C	276 mm	195	0
1991	37.9 °C31 October 1991	3.6 °C18 July 1991	21.6 °C	333 mm	149	0
1990	40.9 °C14 November 1990	4.9 °C16 August 1990	22.1 °C	274 mm	149	0
1989	39.4 °C20 December 1989	3.0 °C23 July 1989	21.9 °C	220 mm	137	0
1988	39.3 °C25 December 1988	2.1 °C10 June 1988	21.0 °C	498 mm	119	0
1987	38.8 °C19 November 1987	2.7 °C22 July 1987	22.5 °C	318 mm	177	0
1986	38.0 °C14 January 1986	4.4 °C26 June 1986	21.8 °C	331 mm	156	0
1985	38.6 °C2 March 1985	4.0 °C15 July 1985	21.5 °C	457 mm	128	0
1984	39.0 °C3 March 1984	3.7 °C23 July 1984	21.9 °C	356 mm	161	0
1983	39.8 °C31 October 1983	3.1 °C27 June 1983	22.9 °C	247 mm	181	0
1982	38.9 °C23 December 1982	5.0 °C11 June 1982	21.8 °C	227 mm	149	0
1981	39.7 °C6 November 1981	1.4 °C10 June 1981	20.2 °C	532 mm	98	0
1980	39.8 °C4 January 1980	2.5 °C30 June 1980	20.7 °C	444 mm	119	0
1979	39.0 °C1 December 1979	4.4 °C5 July 1979	21.2 °C	299 mm	160	0
1978	38.6 °C29 September 1978	2.2 °C28 June 1978	20.2 °C	582 mm	74	0
1977	38.7 °C19 November 1977	3.8 °C5 July 1977	21.1 °C	626 mm	112	0
1976	37.3 °C19 November 1976	4.2 °C21 June 1976	20.4 °C	425 mm	111	0
1975	38.5 °C16 October 1975	3.6 °C25 July 1975	20.5 °C	464 mm	107	0
1974	38.8 °C17 October 1974	3.7 °C28 July 1974	20.1 °C	486 mm	76	0
1973	38.8 °C7 October 1973	5.4 °C11 July 1973	21.3 °C	453 mm	138	0
1972	38.9 °C3 December 1972	2.6 °C2 August 1972	20.7 °C	565 mm	111	0
1971	37.9 °C23 October 1971	5.2 °C1 August 1971	21.4 °C	378 mm	139	0
1970	39.6 °C12 January 1970	5.7 °C5 July 1970	22.4 °C	298 mm	171	0
1969	39.1 °C25 November 1969	4.5 °C19 June 1969	21.1 °C	514 mm	125	0
1968	40.2 °C4 January 1968	-1.1 °C15 June 1968	21.2 °C	312 mm	151	2
1967	37.3 °C16 November 1967	3.4 °C7 June 1967	20.3 °C	397 mm	82	0
1966	38.9 °C5 January 1966	4.7 °C23 August 1966	21.3 °C	560 mm	125	0
1965	38.4 °C31 October 1965	1.7 °C25 June 1965	21.4 °C	110 mm	145	0
1964	38.1 °C13 November 1964	1.4 °C21 June 1964	21.4 °C	274 mm	150	0
1963	37.2 °C6 October 1963	2.3 °C15 July 1963	21.1 °C	258 mm	137	0
1962	40.0 °C17 October 1962	5.6 °C29 August 1962	21.6 °C	535 mm	140	0
1961	39.6 °C24 October 1961	6.1 °C8 July 1961	21.4 °C	354 mm	127	0
1960	38.9 °C9 October 1960	4.6 °C3 July 1960	21.0 °C	380 mm	143	0
1959	38.2 °C18 October 1959	6.4 °C15 June 1959	20.9 °C	285 mm	123	0
1958	37.4 °C11 October 1958	5.0 °C17 June 1958	20.7 °C	832 mm	104	0
1957	37.4 °C21 December 1957	4.9 °C21 June 1957	21.1 °C	540 mm	102	0
1956	35.8 °C8 October 1956	4.2 °C14 June 1956	20.7 °C	475 mm	96	0
1955	39.1 °C12 November 1955	3.0 °C29 June 1955	19.8 °C	636 mm	65	0
1954	40.5 °C25 October 1954	3.6 °C25 July 1954	22.4 °C	181 mm	185	0
1953	38.8 °C31 October 1953	4.2 °C24 June 1953	20.8 °C	574 mm	92	0
1952	39.6 °C20 November 1952	4.6 °C5 July 1952	21.7 °C	354 mm	143	0
1951	39.8 °C21 December 1951	4.6 °C16 July 1951	22.2 °C	359 mm	158	0
1950	38.4 °C23 October 1950	5.2 °C28 May 1950	21.7 °C	327 mm	134	0
1949	39.3 °C12 January 1949	5.1 °C19 July 1949	21.2 °C	398 mm	142	0
1948	37.6 °C12 October 1948	6.3 °C5 July 1948	20.5 °C	590 mm	82	0
1947	39.4 °C8 October 1947	3.9 °C13 July 1947	21.2 °C	544 mm	105	0
1946	40.0 °C23 October 1946	4.4 °C3 July 1946	21.1 °C	454 mm	113	0
1945	38.4 °C5 October 1945	3.3 °C28 June 1945	21.2 °C	437 mm	100	0
1944	40.5 °C26 September 1944	5.9 °C15 July 1944	21.4 °C	534 mm	114	0
1943	38.3 °C13 October 1943	5.5 °C28 June 1943	20.7 °C	433 mm	93	0
1942	37.6 °C23 October 1942	3.2 °C21 July 1942	21.1 °C	510 mm	118	0
1941	39.9 °C10 March 1941	5.2 °C6 July 1941	22.3 °C	295 mm	161	0
1940	39.3 °C7 November 1940	3.8 °C16 July 1940	22.6 °C	243 mm	179	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.6 °C

-0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

119 d/yr

-18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

733 mm

+325 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.3 °C	-2.3 °C	250 mm	+160 mm
Feb	28.6 °C	-1.5 °C	265 mm	+189 mm
Mar	28.5 °C	-1.1 °C	7 mm	-33 mm
Apr	27.4 °C	-0.6 °C	16 mm	-4 mm
May	24.2 °C	-1.5 °C	6 mm	0 mm
Jun	23.2 °C	+0.3 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Jul	23.0 °C	+0.2 °C	3 mm	+1 mm
Aug	28.1 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	31.7 °C	+2.2 °C	2 mm	-5 mm
Oct	31.4 °C	0.0 °C	7 mm	-12 mm
Nov	28.0 °C	-3.0 °C	96 mm	+41 mm
Dec	28.9 °C	-1.7 °C	81 mm	-10 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.2 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest day

2.4 °C

30 Jul 2025

Wettest day

58.6 mm

10 Feb 2025

Windiest day

33.8 km/h

30 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

61.9 km/h

30 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.9 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.1 °C

30 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

6 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Selebi-Phikwe?

Selebi-Phikwe has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 408 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Selebi-Phikwe?

The hottest day measured in Selebi-Phikwe between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 2024, reaching 42.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Selebi-Phikwe?

The coldest day measured in Selebi-Phikwe between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -1.1 °C.

Does it snow in Selebi-Phikwe?

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

Has the climate of Selebi-Phikwe warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Selebi-Phikwe?

The wettest day measured in Selebi-Phikwe between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 2013, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Selebi-Phikwe?

The windiest day measured in Selebi-Phikwe between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 1959, with winds reaching 41.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Selebi-Phikwe?

The warmest month in Selebi-Phikwe is January (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Selebi-Phikwe?

Selebi-Phikwe receives on average 408 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 60 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Selebi-Phikwe?

Selebi-Phikwe gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Selebi-Phikwe?

Yes: Selebi-Phikwe has on average 86 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Selebi-Phikwe?

In Selebi-Phikwe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.4 °C on 7 January 2016, and the lowest was -5.0 °C on 15 June 1968.

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