Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaborone weather
in April.
A warm, fairly 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 Gaborone: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mogoditshane (5 km away). In April its highs average 26.5°C, about as warm as Gaborone, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Gaborone ranks joint 3rd of 5 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 27.1°C; Gaborone is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 14 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
Gaborone climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 89 | 12.3 | 13.513 h |
| February | 30.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 82 | 9.8 | 12.913 h |
| March | 29.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 59 | 8.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 26.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 30 | 4.4 | 11.512 h |
| May | 24.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 14 | 1.7 | 10.911 h |
| June | 21.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 8.6 | 1.2 | 10.611 h |
| July | 20.9°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 10.811 h |
| August | 24.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 11.311 h |
| September | 29.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 10 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 31.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 33 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 31.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 68 | 10.0 | 13.313 h |
| December | 31.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 85 | 12.0 | 13.614 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
- Mogoditshane in AprilBotswana · 5 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Molepolole in AprilBotswana · 50 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Mafikeng in AprilSouth Africa · 137 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Rustenburg in AprilSouth Africa · 175 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Brits in AprilSouth Africa · 218 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in AprilSouth Africa · 236 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Soshanguve in AprilSouth Africa · 239 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Bela Bela in AprilSouth Africa · 241 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 35 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 Gaborone) is explained once on the Gaborone year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.