Climate · Maun

Maun in August

Hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Maun is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 52°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Maun is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 11°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
52°F11°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 0% of days
Daylight
11h 28mon average

Is August a good time to visit Maun?


A good month, just outside Maun's best months, which run from June to July.

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 August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 86°F in August, against 79°F to 98°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in August, against 26°C to 37°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

0% of days in August, against 0% to 53% through the year.

Cloud cover

8% cover in August, against 7% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

11h 28m in August, against 10h 57m to 13h 19m through the year.

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

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  1. July79°26°low 48°low 9°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August86°30°low 52°low 11°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. September94°34°low 60°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Maun sits, in August

Africa/Gaborone

this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:49 AMsets 6:14 PM
Above the sea
940 mupland
Latitude
20.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Xaxaba108 km north-west

The land around Maun, shaded by its typical high in August, 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 August

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Maun. 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.