Gaborone, Botswana climate

BWh Hot desert

Gaborone has a mildly seasonal warm-temperate climate (Hot desert, Köppen BWh). The hottest month is January with an average daily high near 32°C, while the coldest is July averaging around 4°C at night. Precipitation totals about 349 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — January alone averages 69 mm while July barely receives 1 mm.

☀️ Summers

Hot

Highs near 32°C in January.

❄️ Winters

Chilly

Lows near 4°C in July.

🌧️ Rain

Fairly dry

About 349 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in January

⛅ Sky & trend

Fairly sunny

More sun than cloud through the year.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Gaborone climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	32	32	31	28	26	23	23	26	30	32	32	32
Avg temp (°C)	26	26	24	21	17	14	13	17	21	24	25	26
Avg low (°C)	20	19	18	13	8	5	4	7	12	16	18	19
Precipitation (mm)	69	45	56	21	11	11	1	4	8	23	41	60

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	32	32	31	28	26	23
Avg temp (°C)	26	26	24	21	17	14
Avg low (°C)	20	19	18	13	8	5
Precipitation (mm)	69	45	56	21	11	11

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	23	26	30	32	32	32
Avg temp (°C)	13	17	21	24	25	26
Avg low (°C)	4	7	12	16	18	19
Precipitation (mm)	1	4	8	23	41	60

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	56	55	47	39	24	18	17	17	29	43	55	60
Relative humidity (%)	53	54	55	53	46	47	43	35	30	36	44	51
Wind speed (m/s)	2.4	2.2	2.1	2.0	1.9	2.0	2.2	2.7	3.0	3.1	2.9	2.5

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	56	55	47	39	24	18
Relative humidity (%)	53	54	55	53	46	47
Wind speed (m/s)	2.4	2.2	2.1	2.0	1.9	2.0

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	17	17	29	43	55	60
Relative humidity (%)	43	35	30	36	44	51
Wind speed (m/s)	2.2	2.7	3.0	3.1	2.9	2.5

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Sir Seretse Khama Intl, a weather station, about 11 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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