Climate averages 1991–2020
Maun weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Maun: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Livingstone (350 km away). In August its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Maun, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Maun ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 25.5°C; Maun is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.8 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Livingstone in AugustZambia · 350 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Francistown in AugustBotswana · 446 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Rundu in AugustNamibia · 447 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Choma in AugustZambia · 516 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Mongu in AugustZambia · 527 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Molepolole in AugustBotswana · 536 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Bulawayo in AugustZimbabwe · 540 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Mogoditshane in AugustBotswana · 574 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 8.8°C · 2.5 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.