Climate · Gaborone

Gaborone in March

Hot and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Gaborone is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 65°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Gaborone is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
65°F18°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 30% of days
Daylight
12h 16mon average

Is March a good time to visit Gaborone?


March sits outside Gaborone's best months, which run in two parts: May to June, or August. Expect hot days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 87°F in March, against 73°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in March, against 23°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

30% of days in March, against 2% to 40% through the year.

Cloud cover

31% cover in March, against 8% to 44% through the year.

Daylight

12h 16m in March, against 10h 38m to 13h 38m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. February90°32°low 68°low 20°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March87°31°low 65°low 18°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April83°28°low 59°low 15°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Gaborone sits, in March

Africa/Gaborone

this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:18 AMsets 6:34 PM
Above the sea
1,010 mupland
Latitude
24.7°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Maun579 km north-west

The land around Gaborone, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Botswana in March

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Gaborone. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.