Botswana
About 2.25M people live in Botswana, on 600,370 km² in 16 regions; the capital is Gaborone. The highest summit is Monalanong Hill (1,494 m).
Mean of its 13 most visited places. Best: Jun–Aug.
Botswana at a glance
The atlas follows 1,770 places here month by month, with 391 mountains and 1 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are June, July and August.
Botswana's population
Every five years from 1950; from 2030 the projection.
+519%414k in 1950 → 2.56M in 2025 → 3.44M in 2050Botswana · In numbers
The latest year each series has; the line is the whole series since 1960.
When to go to Botswana
The places with the best weather in each month, scored from their climate.
Places and regions of Botswana
The most visited places with their score this month, then every region with what the atlas follows there.
67OctoberGaborone
63OctoberFrancistown
71OctoberMolepolole
78OctoberKanye
68OctoberSerowe
65OctoberMochudi
68OctoberRamotswa
67OctoberMogoditshane
16 regions
Botswana from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
Nature in Botswana
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
Outdoors in Botswana
Hiking routes, ski areas and everything to do outdoors, counted.
Culture in Botswana
1 monuments and 9 museums; the best known first.
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What's on in Botswana
The ground and the sky in Botswana
Earthquakes since 1950 and in the last month; eclipses, meteors and the moon as seen from the capital.
Getting to Botswana
4 large airports, 12 railway stations; the ones closest to the most visited places.
Practical information
Plugs, money, phone numbers and the side of the road: the things to know before you land.