According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Botswana is April to May and November. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Botswana
- Best months
- April to May and November
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Africa
What Botswana is best for
World-class wildlife safaris across the Okavango Delta, Moremi Reserve, and Chobe's massive elephant herds.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Botswana by month
Monthly averages around Gaborone; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 26 °C | some rain (84 mm) |
| February | about 26 °C | some rain (84 mm) |
| March | about 24 °C | some rain (66 mm) |
| April best | about 20 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
| May best | about 17 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
| June | about 13 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| July | about 13 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| August | about 17 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| September | about 21 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| October | about 24 °C | some rain (33 mm) |
| November best | about 25 °C | some rain (66 mm) |
| December | about 26 °C | some rain (87 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Botswana
- Capital
- Gaborone
- Languages
- English and Tswana
- Currency
- Botswanan Pula (BWP)
- Time
- UTC+2
- Plugs
- Type D, G · 230 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +267
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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