Climate averages 1991–2020
Francistown weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Francistown: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bulawayo (159 km away). In October its highs average 29.6°C, 2.3°C cooler than Francistown, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Francistown ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 31.9°C; Francistown is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bulawayo in OctoberZimbabwe · 159 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Gweru in OctoberZimbabwe · 307 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in OctoberSouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Kwekwe in OctoberZimbabwe · 347 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Polokwane in OctoberSouth Africa · 365 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Thohoyandou in OctoberSouth Africa · 365 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Masvingo in OctoberZimbabwe · 367 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Mokopane in OctoberSouth Africa · 370 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 38 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.