Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaborone weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Gaborone: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mogoditshane (5 km away). In January its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Gaborone, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Gaborone ranks joint 1st of 5 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 30.4°C; Gaborone is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Mogoditshane in JanuaryBotswana · 5 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Molepolole in JanuaryBotswana · 50 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Mafikeng in JanuarySouth Africa · 137 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Rustenburg in JanuarySouth Africa · 175 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Brits in JanuarySouth Africa · 218 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in JanuarySouth Africa · 236 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Soshanguve in JanuarySouth Africa · 239 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Bela Bela in JanuarySouth Africa · 241 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 97 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.