Climate averages 1991–2020
Maun weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Maun: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Livingstone (350 km away). In December its highs average 29.0°C, 2.8°C cooler than Maun, with 181 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Maun ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 30.8°C; Maun is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 145 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Livingstone in DecemberZambia · 350 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 181 mm rain
- Francistown in DecemberBotswana · 446 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Rundu in DecemberNamibia · 447 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 122 mm rain
- Choma in DecemberZambia · 516 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 199 mm rain
- Mongu in DecemberZambia · 527 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 232 mm rain
- Molepolole in DecemberBotswana · 536 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Bulawayo in DecemberZimbabwe · 540 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 148 mm rain
- Mogoditshane in DecemberBotswana · 574 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 71 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.