Climate averages 1991–2020
Francistown weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Francistown: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bulawayo (159 km away). In April its highs average 24.6°C, 2.6°C cooler than Francistown, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Francistown ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 27.1°C; Francistown is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 4.2 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Francistown climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 95 | 11.7 | 13.313 h |
| February | 29.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 88 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| March | 28.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 45 | 6.8 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 27.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 11 | 2.5 | 11.612 h |
| May | 25.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 4.2 | 0.9 | 11.111 h |
| June | 22.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 3.5 | 0.5 | 10.911 h |
| July | 22.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 3.5 | 0.4 | 11.011 h |
| August | 25.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| September | 29.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 5.5 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 15 | 3.4 | 12.613 h |
| November | 31.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 55 | 9.2 | 13.113 h |
| December | 29.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 96 | 12.8 | 13.413 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Bulawayo in AprilZimbabwe · 159 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Gweru in AprilZimbabwe · 307 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in AprilSouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Kwekwe in AprilZimbabwe · 347 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Polokwane in AprilSouth Africa · 365 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Thohoyandou in AprilSouth Africa · 365 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Masvingo in AprilZimbabwe · 367 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Mokopane in AprilSouth Africa · 370 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 32 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Francistown) is explained once on the Francistown year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.