Francistown weather by month & the best time to visit

🇧🇼 Botswana · regional city · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Francistown is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with August and May close behind. Francistown averages about 3,314 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in July.

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Sun hours / year

3,314

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

99/100

Rain / year

485 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

103k

Elevation

1,001 m

When is the best time to visit Francistown?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Francistown is July, then August and May. The dullest month is November (69/100, 68 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Francistown?

Francistown is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,314 hours of sunshine a year. July (99/100) is noticeably better than November (69). It ranks #4 of 5 destinations in Botswana for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,377 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 60% of the year's 485 mm falls in the three months around January.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Gaborone Botswana · 410 km · best in Jul · 3,481 h sun/yr
• Harare Zimbabwe · 522 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
• Johannesburg South Africa · 559 km · best in Aug · 3,287 h sun/yr
• Lusaka Zambia · 656 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
• Maputo Mozambique · 742 km · best in Jul · 2,689 h sun/yr
• Durban South Africa · 1,009 km · best in Jun · 2,503 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Bulawayo Zimbabwe · 175 km · 3,291 h sun/yr · best in May
• Polokwane South Africa · 362 km · 3,098 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Victoria Falls Zimbabwe · 381 km · 3,331 h sun/yr · best in May
• Livingstone Zambia · 409 km · 3,263 h sun/yr · best in May
• Maun Botswana · 441 km · 3,464 h sun/yr · best in Jul