Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaborone weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Gaborone: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mogoditshane (5 km away). In December its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Gaborone, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Gaborone ranks joint 2nd of 5 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 30.8°C; Gaborone is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 89 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Mogoditshane in DecemberBotswana · 5 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Molepolole in DecemberBotswana · 50 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Mafikeng in DecemberSouth Africa · 137 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Rustenburg in DecemberSouth Africa · 175 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 111 mm rain
- Brits in DecemberSouth Africa · 218 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in DecemberSouth Africa · 236 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Soshanguve in DecemberSouth Africa · 239 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Bela Bela in DecemberSouth Africa · 241 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 114 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.