Climate averages 1991–2020
Maun weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Maun: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Livingstone (350 km away). In March its highs average 28.1°C, 2.1°C cooler than Maun, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Maun ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 29.1°C; Maun is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Livingstone in MarchZambia · 350 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Francistown in MarchBotswana · 446 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Rundu in MarchNamibia · 447 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Choma in MarchZambia · 516 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 125 mm rain
- Mongu in MarchZambia · 527 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 149 mm rain
- Molepolole in MarchBotswana · 536 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Bulawayo in MarchZimbabwe · 540 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Mogoditshane in MarchBotswana · 574 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 50 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.