Climate averages 1991–2020
Maun weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Maun: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Livingstone (350 km away). In April its highs average 27.8°C, 1.7°C cooler than Maun, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Maun ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 27.1°C; Maun is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 2.3 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Maun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 145 | 15.6 | 13.213 h |
| February | 30.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 105 | 13.5 | 12.813 h |
| March | 30.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 71 | 10.0 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 29.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.712 h |
| May | 27.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 2.3 | 0.6 | 11.211 h |
| June | 24.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 2.5 | 0.2 | 10.911 h |
| July | 24.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.011 h |
| August | 28.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| September | 32.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 35.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 10 | 2.7 | 12.513 h |
| November | 33.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 55 | 9.4 | 13.013 h |
| December | 31.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 101 | 15.0 | 13.313 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
April in nearby cities
- Livingstone in AprilZambia · 350 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Francistown in AprilBotswana · 446 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Rundu in AprilNamibia · 447 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Choma in AprilZambia · 516 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Mongu in AprilZambia · 527 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Molepolole in AprilBotswana · 536 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Bulawayo in AprilZimbabwe · 540 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Mogoditshane in AprilBotswana · 574 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 25 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 Maun) is explained once on the Maun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.