Climate averages 1991–2020
Francistown weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Francistown: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes September a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bulawayo (159 km away). In September its highs average 28.1°C, 1.8°C cooler than Francistown, with 5.3 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Francistown ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest September highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 5 cities is 29.9°C; Francistown is level with that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.5 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Bulawayo in SeptemberZimbabwe · 159 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Gweru in SeptemberZimbabwe · 307 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in SeptemberSouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Kwekwe in SeptemberZimbabwe · 347 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Polokwane in SeptemberSouth Africa · 365 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Thohoyandou in SeptemberSouth Africa · 365 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Masvingo in SeptemberZimbabwe · 367 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Mokopane in SeptemberSouth Africa · 370 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 11 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.