Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaborone weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Gaborone: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mogoditshane (5 km away). In March its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Gaborone, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Gaborone ranks joint 2nd of 5 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 29.1°C; Gaborone is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Mogoditshane in MarchBotswana · 5 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Molepolole in MarchBotswana · 50 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Mafikeng in MarchSouth Africa · 137 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Rustenburg in MarchSouth Africa · 175 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Brits in MarchSouth Africa · 218 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in MarchSouth Africa · 236 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Soshanguve in MarchSouth Africa · 239 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Bela Bela in MarchSouth Africa · 241 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 76 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.