The best time to go to Lesotho is from february until may and august until november, in which you have a soft till warm temperature and barely till mediocre rainfall. The highest average temperature in Lesotho is 27° in january and the lowest is 14° in june.
If you want to know what the average temperature is in Lesotho or when most rain or snow falls, you can find it quickly below. That way you are well prepared.
| Day max °C |
| MM rain |
| Snow days |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| Day max °C |
27° | 26° | 25° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 14° | 17° | 22° | 24° | 25° | 27° |
| MM rain |
164 mm | 121 mm | 75 mm | 45 mm | 22 mm | 37 mm | 22 mm | 18 mm | 30 mm | 108 mm | 133 mm | 152 mm |
| Snow days |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Lesotho there are 5 types of climates prevailing, namely the cold semi-arid climate, humid subtropical climate, temperate oceanic climate, monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate and subtropical highland climate. The average annual temperature for Lesotho is 22° degrees and there is 927 mm of rain in a year. It is dry for 213 days a year with an average humidity of 52% and an UV-index of 5.
| Day max °C |
| Night min °C |
| MM rain |
| Rain days |
| Snow days |
| Dry days |
| Wind force in Bft |
| Average UV-index |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day max °C |
27° | 26° | 25° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 14° | 17° | 22° | 24° | 25° | 27° |
| Night min °C |
20° | 19° | 17° | 13° | 9° | 4° | 4° | 8° | 13° | 16° | 18° | 20° |
| MM rain |
164 mm | 121 mm | 75 mm | 45 mm | 22 mm | 37 mm | 22 mm | 18 mm | 30 mm | 108 mm | 133 mm | 152 mm |
| Rain days |
18 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 17 |
| Snow days |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry days |
13 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 14 |
| Wind force in Bft |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Average UV-index |
6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
The weather for Maseru in Lesotho will be 26° till 23° degrees in the next 14 days with a few days chance of light rain showers till heavy rain.
Fr 19 Apr |
Sa 20 Apr |
Su 21 Apr |
Mo 22 Apr |
Tu 23 Apr |
We 24 Apr |
Th 25 Apr | |
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| Max (°C) | 26° | 18° | 14° | 12° | 14° | 19° | 19° |
| Min (°C) | 12° | 11° | 10° | 9° | 10° | 11° | 10° |
| Rainfall (mm) | 6.4 mm |
32.6 mm |
16.9 mm |
33.6 mm |
53.0 mm |
20.2 mm |
2.4 mm |
| Rainfall (%) | 55% | 85% | 75% | 85% | 90% | 80% | 30% |
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| UV-index | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Fr 26 Apr |
Sa 27 Apr |
Su 28 Apr |
Mo 29 Apr |
Tu 30 Apr |
We 1 May |
Th 2 May | |
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| Max (°C) | 19° | 20° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° |
| Min (°C) | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 9° | 9° | 10° |
| Rainfall (mm) | 0 mm |
0 mm |
0 mm |
0 mm |
0 mm |
0 mm |
0 mm |
| Rainfall (%) | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| UV-index | |||||||
| UV-index | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Lesotho is in the continental part Afrika and the capital is Maseru. It is 30.355 km² and has a population of 2.233.339. In terms of area, the country is 8x smaller than United Kingdom. If you want to call Lesotho you have to use +266 or 00266 before the phone number without the first 0 in the original phone number (if it occurs). If the normal number is 05012457809, for example, you can remove the first 0 and call +2665012457809 or 002665012457809.
Lesotho is in a straight line at 9.389 km distance from London. From London-Heathrow the flight time is about 13 hour.
In Lesotho it is now 22:39 hour in the evening on friday 19 april 2019. That is equal to the time in United Kingdom. The time zone of Lesotho is Africa/Maseru and the Greenwich time is UTC+02.
In Lesotho the Lesothaanse loti is used to pay.
1 Lesothaanse loti = € 0,06 euro
100 Lesothaanse loti = € 5,89 euro
1 euro = 16,99 Lesothaanse loti
100 euro = 1.699,10 Lesothaanse loti
It can be difficult to calculate the exchange rate yourself. Install an app on your phone that updates the exchange rate daily. By entering the local price you immediately see what the price is in Euro.
Take a credit card along with your own bank card. If your bank card is not accepted then you have the credit card that you can use.
You can find the nearest ATM via various apps such as:
MasterCard ATM Hunter
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MasterCard Nearby
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These vaccinations may differ per person and / or be advised on the basis of the stay in Lesotho.
