Kasane weather by month & the best time to visit

🇧🇼 Botswana · small town · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Kasane is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with June and July close behind. Kasane averages about 3,263 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in May.

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Sun hours / year

3,263

Sunniest month

May

Peak score

98/100

Rain / year

672 mm

Midday UV at peak

12 (extreme)

Population

9k

Elevation

996 m

When is the best time to visit Kasane?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Kasane is May, then June and July. The dullest month is October (48/100, 11 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Kasane?

Kasane is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,263 hours of sunshine a year. 50 Sunshine Score points separate May (98) from October (48), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #5 of 5 destinations in Botswana for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,377 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 66% of the year's 672 mm falls in the three months around January.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Lusaka Zambia · 447 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
• Harare Zimbabwe · 627 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
• Lubumbashi Congo - Kinshasa · 739 km · best in May · 2,978 h sun/yr
• Gaborone Botswana · 752 km · best in Jul · 3,481 h sun/yr
• Windhoek Namibia · 955 km · best in Jun · 3,829 h sun/yr
• Johannesburg South Africa · 977 km · best in Aug · 3,287 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Livingstone Zambia · 69 km · 3,263 h sun/yr · best in May
• Victoria Falls Zimbabwe · 77 km · 3,331 h sun/yr · best in May
• Katima Mulilo Namibia · 107 km · 3,317 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Maun Botswana · 300 km · 3,464 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Shakawe Botswana · 357 km · 3,377 h sun/yr · best in May