Sehonghong Weather in August
Sehonghong in August
The short of it: Sehonghong in August averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 20 mm (0.79 in) of rain and about 11 h 3 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 2° · rain 20 mm · daylight 11 h 3 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & April
August in Sehonghong brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 2°, with about 20 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 16°, nights near 2°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 20 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 3 min in mid-August, 39 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 April.
Against its neighbours, Sehonghong runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Sehlabathebe, 27 km to the ESE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Sehonghong, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 3° warmer, 11 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sehlabathebe00 | 27 km ESE | 15° | 1° | 19 mm |
| Thaba-TsekaThaba-Tseka | 34 km NNW | 16° | 1° | 24 mm |
| Qacha’s NekQacha's Nek District | 39 km SSW | 18° | 4° | 19 mm |
| Sekake00 | 50 km WSW | 17° | 3° | 25 mm |
| MalutiEastern Cape | 54 km S | 20° | 5° | 17 mm |
| MantsonyaneThaba-Tseka | 58 km WNW | 15° | -1° | 26 mm |
| KatseThaba-Tseka | 58 km NNW | 16° | 0° | 26 mm |
| MokhotlongMokhotlong District | 60 km NNE | 16° | 2° | 20 mm |