Gaborone
Elevation 1014 m24.66° S, 25.91° E
When to go?
Mean 26 °C, 8 rain days in the month (80 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 26 °C, 7 rain days in the month (88 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 24 °C, 5 rain days in the month (52 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 21 °C, 3 rain days in the month (34 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, 1 rain day in the month (11 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 15 °C, 1 rain day in the month (4 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 14 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 17 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 21 °C, 1 rain day in the month (8 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 24 °C, 4 rain days in the month (30 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 25 °C, 7 rain days in the month (64 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 26 °C, 8 rain days in the month (78 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
The best months are April–September. Avoid November–February (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.5 °C; in the last ten years by +0.9 °C. Warmest year: 2015 (+2.4 °C), coldest: 1950 (−2.8 °C).
October and June warmed the most (+1.2 and +0.8 °C), January the least (−0.3 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 21 °C) begins 7 days earlier and ends 2 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.