Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaborone weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Gaborone: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mogoditshane (5 km away). In February its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Gaborone, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Gaborone ranks joint 1st of 5 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 30.1°C; Gaborone is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 59 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Mogoditshane in FebruaryBotswana · 5 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Molepolole in FebruaryBotswana · 50 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Mafikeng in FebruarySouth Africa · 137 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Rustenburg in FebruarySouth Africa · 175 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Brits in FebruarySouth Africa · 218 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in FebruarySouth Africa · 236 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Soshanguve in FebruarySouth Africa · 239 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Bela Bela in FebruarySouth Africa · 241 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 78 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.