Climate averages 1991–2020
Francistown weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Francistown: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bulawayo (159 km away). In November its highs average 28.6°C, 2.6°C cooler than Francistown, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Francistown ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest November highs and joint 1st of 5 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 5 cities is 31.5°C; Francistown is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 96 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Bulawayo in NovemberZimbabwe · 159 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Gweru in NovemberZimbabwe · 307 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in NovemberSouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Kwekwe in NovemberZimbabwe · 347 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Polokwane in NovemberSouth Africa · 365 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Thohoyandou in NovemberSouth Africa · 365 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Masvingo in NovemberZimbabwe · 367 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Mokopane in NovemberSouth Africa · 370 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 82 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.