Mokhotlong

Lesotho
Mokhotlong, Lesotho
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This remote small town in Lesotho's highland interior, where low-rise buildings with red-tin roofs spread across an open valley floor ringed by broad, tawny mountain ridges — a raw gateway for travellers heading into the high Drakensberg country.

  • Population14,461
  • Nearest water from center 2.8 km1.8 mi
  • Nearest mountain from center 12 km7.4 mi
Climate · monthly averages
J
16°61°
170mm6.6in
F
16°60°
135mm5.3in
M
14°58°
105mm4.1in
A
11°52°
50mm2.1in
M
46°
20mm0.8in
J
41°
15mm0.5in
J
40°
15mm0.6in
A
44°
30mm1.1in
S
11°52°
35mm1.4in
O
13°55°
90mm3.5in
N
14°57°
110mm4.3in
D
15°60°
145mm5.7in
Avg temp · total precipitation, 1991–2020 monthly normals · ERA5-Land · methodology ↗