Mapoteng Weather in August
Mapoteng in August
The short of it: Mapoteng in August averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 19 mm (0.75 in) of rain and about 11 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 2° · rain 19 mm · daylight 11 h 5 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Mapoteng an average August high of 20°, a low of 2° and some 19 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 20°, nights near 2°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 19 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 5 min in mid-August, 38 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Mapoteng runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Mamathes, 14 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
August in Mapoteng, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 3° warmer, 11 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 18°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h