Climate averages 1991–2020
Maun weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Maun: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Livingstone (350 km away). In September its highs average 32.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Maun, with 2.7 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Maun ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest September highs and 1st of 5 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 5 cities is 29.9°C; Maun is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 35.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.8 mm to 10 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Livingstone in SeptemberZambia · 350 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Francistown in SeptemberBotswana · 446 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Rundu in SeptemberNamibia · 447 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Choma in SeptemberZambia · 516 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Mongu in SeptemberZambia · 527 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Molepolole in SeptemberBotswana · 536 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Bulawayo in SeptemberZimbabwe · 540 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Mogoditshane in SeptemberBotswana · 574 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 9.0 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.