Gaborone weather by month & the best time to visit
🇧🇼 Botswana · regional city · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Gaborone is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with August and May close behind. Gaborone averages about 3,481 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,481
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 504 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Population
- 246k
- Elevation
- 1,002 m
When is the best time to visit Gaborone?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Gaborone is July, then August and May. The dullest month is January (67/100, 86 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Gaborone?
Gaborone is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,481 hours of sunshine a year. July (100/100) is noticeably better than January (67). Gaborone is the sunniest of the 5 destinations tracked in Botswana. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 50% of the annual 504 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67 | 34° / 93°F | 20° / 68°F | 86 mm | 13 |
| February | 77 | 33° / 91°F | 20° / 68°F | 78 mm | 12 |
| March | 87 | 31° / 88°F | 18° / 64°F | 69 mm | 10 |
| April | 92 | 28° / 82°F | 14° / 57°F | 41 mm | 8 |
| May | 98 | 26° / 79°F | 10° / 50°F | 11 mm | 6 |
| June | 98 | 22° / 72°F | 6° / 43°F | 12 mm | 5 |
| July | 100 | 22° / 72°F | 5° / 41°F | 2 mm | 5 |
| August | 100 | 26° / 79°F | 8° / 46°F | 2 mm | 6 |
| September | 98 | 31° / 88°F | 12° / 54°F | 11 mm | 8 |
| October | 75 | 34° / 93°F | 16° / 61°F | 35 mm | 10 |
| November | 70 | 34° / 93°F | 18° / 64°F | 67 mm | 11 |
| December | 67 | 34° / 93°F | 20° / 68°F | 90 mm | 12 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Johannesburg South Africa · 293 km · best in Aug · 3,287 h sun/yr
- Maputo Mozambique · 686 km · best in Jul · 2,689 h sun/yr
- Durban South Africa · 762 km · best in Jun · 2,503 h sun/yr
- Windhoek Namibia · 891 km · best in Jun · 3,829 h sun/yr
- Harare Zimbabwe · 911 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
- Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) South Africa · 1,049 km · best in May · 2,989 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Mmabatho South Africa · 143 km · 3,517 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Polokwane South Africa · 368 km · 3,098 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Francistown Botswana · 410 km · 3,314 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sishen South Africa · 451 km · 3,897 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kimberley South Africa · 486 km · 3,662 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Gaborone compares month by month: Gaborone vs Johannesburg · Gaborone vs Cape Town · Gaborone vs Durban · Gaborone vs Lusaka · all comparisons
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