Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaborone weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Gaborone: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mogoditshane (5 km away). In October its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Gaborone, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Gaborone ranks joint 3rd of 5 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 31.9°C; Gaborone is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs stay level at 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mogoditshane in OctoberBotswana · 5 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Molepolole in OctoberBotswana · 50 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Mafikeng in OctoberSouth Africa · 137 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Rustenburg in OctoberSouth Africa · 175 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Brits in OctoberSouth Africa · 218 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in OctoberSouth Africa · 236 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Soshanguve in OctoberSouth Africa · 239 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Bela Bela in OctoberSouth Africa · 241 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 49 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.