Maun, Botswana climate

BWh Hot desert

Maun has a mildly seasonal tropical climate (Hot desert, Köppen BWh). The hottest month is October with an average daily high near 36°C, while the coldest is July averaging around 9°C at night. Precipitation totals about 339 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — January alone averages 82 mm while July barely receives 1 mm.

☀️ Summers

Very hot

Highs near 36°C in October.

❄️ Winters

Cool

Lows near 9°C in July.

🌧️ Rain

Fairly dry

About 339 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)

Maun climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	33	33	32	31	29	27	26	30	34	36	35	33
Avg temp (°C)	27	27	26	24	21	18	17	21	25	28	28	27
Avg low (°C)	21	21	20	16	12	9	9	12	16	21	21	21
Precipitation (mm)	82	62	46	18	7	3	1	6	2	9	41	62

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	33	33	32	31	29	27
Avg temp (°C)	27	27	26	24	21	18
Avg low (°C)	21	21	20	16	12	9
Precipitation (mm)	82	62	46	18	7	3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	26	30	34	36	35	33
Avg temp (°C)	17	21	25	28	28	27
Avg low (°C)	9	12	16	21	21	21
Precipitation (mm)	1	6	2	9	41	62

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	69	62	54	34	21	17	18	14	20	38	62	70
Relative humidity (%)	56	58	53	43	34	35	33	26	22	25	37	48
Wind speed (m/s)	2.6	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.7	2.8	3.2	3.4	3.0	2.7

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	69	62	54	34	21	17
Relative humidity (%)	56	58	53	43	34	35
Wind speed (m/s)	2.6	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.4	2.4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	18	14	20	38	62	70
Relative humidity (%)	33	26	22	25	37	48
Wind speed (m/s)	2.7	2.8	3.2	3.4	3.0	2.7

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Maun, a weather station, about 2 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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