Climate averages 1991–2020
Maun weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Maun: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Livingstone (350 km away). In May its highs average 26.6°C, 1.0°C cooler than Maun, with 2.0 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Maun ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 24.8°C; Maun is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.3 mm to 2.5 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Livingstone in MayZambia · 350 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.9°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Francistown in MayBotswana · 446 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Rundu in MayNamibia · 447 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Choma in MayZambia · 516 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Mongu in MayZambia · 527 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Molepolole in MayBotswana · 536 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Bulawayo in MayZimbabwe · 540 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Mogoditshane in MayBotswana · 574 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 12 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.