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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Gaborone
Gaborone climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean21°day and night
Seasonal swing12°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation481 mm80 wet days a year
24.65° S, 25.91° EElevation 1,011 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goGaborone · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low30° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Gaborone has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is December, when afternoons average 31° and nights 19°. June is the coolest month, with highs of 21° and lows of 7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 12°.
About 481 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (72 mm, 16 wet days) and August the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 6% in July to 28% in November.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · December
- Coldest nights
- 6° · July
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- July · 6% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 39 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 37 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 31° | 30° | 29° | 26° | 24° | 21° | 21° | 24° | 28° | 30° | 31° | 31° |
| Average low | 20° | 20° | 18° | 15° | 10° | 7° | 6° | 9° | 13° | 16° | 18° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 93 mm | 84 mm | 64 mm | 25 mm | 12 mm | 7 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 8 mm | 39 mm | 74 mm | 72 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 15.3 | 12 | 10.7 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 5 | 10.9 | 15.9 |
| Cloud cover | 27% | 24% | 21% | 16% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 11% | 21% | 28% | 28% |
| Daylight | 13h 30 | 12h 55 | 12h 16 | 11h 32 | 10h 56 | 10h 37 | 10h 44 | 11h 15 | 11h 56 | 12h 39 | 13h 18 | 13h 39 |
| Month score | 42 | 49 | 58 | 80 | 96 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 83 | 67 | 51 | 41 |
ivMonth by month
Gaborone in every month
January42
31° / 20°
93 mm · 15.3 wet days
February49
30° / 20°
84 mm · 12 wet days
March58
29° / 18°
64 mm · 10.7 wet days
April80
26° / 15°
25 mm · 5.8 wet days
May96
24° / 10°
12 mm · 1.6 wet days
June97
21° / 7°
7 mm · 1.1 wet day
July99
21° / 6°
1 mm · 0.4 wet days
August99
24° / 9°
2 mm · 0.3 wet days
September83
28° / 13°
8 mm · 1.2 wet day
October67
30° / 16°
39 mm · 5 wet days
November51
31° / 18°
74 mm · 10.9 wet days
December41
31° / 19°
72 mm · 15.9 wet days