Maun weather by month & the best time to visit

🇧🇼 Botswana · small town · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Maun is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with August and May close behind. Maun averages about 3,464 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in July.

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Sun hours / year

3,464

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

100/100

Rain / year

517 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

85k

Elevation

941 m

When is the best time to visit Maun?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Maun is July, then August and May. The dullest month is October (48/100, 17 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Maun?

Maun is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,464 hours of sunshine a year. 52 Sunshine Score points separate July (100) from October (48), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 5 destinations in Botswana for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,377 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 65% of the year's 517 mm falls in the three months around January.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Gaborone Botswana · 570 km · best in Jul · 3,481 h sun/yr
• Windhoek Namibia · 678 km · best in Jun · 3,829 h sun/yr
• Lusaka Zambia · 741 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
• Harare Zimbabwe · 837 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
• Johannesburg South Africa · 844 km · best in Aug · 3,287 h sun/yr
• Lubumbashi Congo - Kinshasa · 1,030 km · best in May · 2,978 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Shakawe Botswana · 244 km · 3,377 h sun/yr · best in May
• Katima Mulilo Namibia · 271 km · 3,317 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Kasane Botswana · 300 km · 3,263 h sun/yr · best in May
• Victoria Falls Zimbabwe · 328 km · 3,331 h sun/yr · best in May
• Livingstone Zambia · 347 km · 3,263 h sun/yr · best in May