Climate averages 1991–2020
Maun weather
in October.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Maun: daytime highs average 35.1°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Livingstone (350 km away). In October its highs average 34.2°C, 0.9°C cooler than Maun, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Maun ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 31.9°C; Maun is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Livingstone in OctoberZambia · 350 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Francistown in OctoberBotswana · 446 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Rundu in OctoberNamibia · 447 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Choma in OctoberZambia · 516 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Mongu in OctoberZambia · 527 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Molepolole in OctoberBotswana · 536 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Bulawayo in OctoberZimbabwe · 540 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Mogoditshane in OctoberBotswana · 574 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 30 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.