Climate averages 1991–2020
Maun weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Maun: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Livingstone (350 km away). In February its highs average 27.9°C, 2.4°C cooler than Maun, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Maun ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 30.1°C; Maun is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 71 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Livingstone in FebruaryZambia · 350 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 164 mm rain
- Francistown in FebruaryBotswana · 446 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 88 mm rain
- Rundu in FebruaryNamibia · 447 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Choma in FebruaryZambia · 516 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 176 mm rain
- Mongu in FebruaryZambia · 527 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 217 mm rain
- Molepolole in FebruaryBotswana · 536 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Bulawayo in FebruaryZimbabwe · 540 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 111 mm rain
- Mogoditshane in FebruaryBotswana · 574 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.7°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.