Shakawe weather by month & the best time to visit

🇧🇼 Botswana · small town · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Shakawe is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with June and July close behind. Shakawe averages about 3,377 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

3,377

Sunniest month

May

Peak score

99/100

Rain / year

564 mm

Midday UV at peak

12 (extreme)

Population

11k

Elevation

1,008 m

When is the best time to visit Shakawe?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Shakawe is May, then June and July. The dullest month is October (49/100, 7 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Shakawe?

Shakawe is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,377 hours of sunshine a year. 50 Sunshine Score points separate May (99) from October (49), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 5 destinations in Botswana for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 3,377 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 66% of the year's 564 mm falls in the three months around January.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Windhoek Namibia · 644 km · best in Jun · 3,829 h sun/yr
• Lusaka Zambia · 781 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
• Gaborone Botswana · 807 km · best in Jul · 3,481 h sun/yr
• Lubumbashi Congo - Kinshasa · 971 km · best in May · 2,978 h sun/yr
• Harare Zimbabwe · 980 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
• Johannesburg South Africa · 1,086 km · best in Aug · 3,287 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Rundu Namibia · 228 km · 3,376 h sun/yr · best in May
• Maun Botswana · 244 km · 3,464 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Katima Mulilo Namibia · 261 km · 3,317 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Kasane Botswana · 357 km · 3,263 h sun/yr · best in May
• Victoria Falls Zimbabwe · 424 km · 3,331 h sun/yr · best in May