Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaborone weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Gaborone: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mogoditshane (5 km away). In November its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Gaborone, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Gaborone ranks joint 3rd of 5 for the warmest November highs and 5th of 5 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 5 cities is 31.5°C; Gaborone is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs stay level at 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 85 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Mogoditshane in NovemberBotswana · 5 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Molepolole in NovemberBotswana · 50 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Mafikeng in NovemberSouth Africa · 137 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Rustenburg in NovemberSouth Africa · 175 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Brits in NovemberSouth Africa · 218 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in NovemberSouth Africa · 236 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Soshanguve in NovemberSouth Africa · 239 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Bela Bela in NovemberSouth Africa · 241 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 89 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.