Climate · Maun

Maun in December

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Maun is hot: highs near 92°F, lows near 69°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 19 minutes.December in Maun is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 19 minutes.

High
92°F33°Caverage
Low
69°F21°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 50% of days
Daylight
13h 19mon average

Is December a good time to visit Maun?


December sits outside Maun's best months, which run from June to July. Expect hot days and rain on about four 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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 92°F in December, against 79°F to 98°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in December, against 26°C to 37°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

50% of days in December, against 0% to 53% through the year.

Cloud cover

66% cover in December, against 7% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

13h 19m in December, against 10h 57m to 13h 19m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. November97°36°low 69°low 21°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December92°33°low 69°low 21°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. January91°33°low 69°low 21°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Maun sits, in December

Africa/Gaborone

this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:42 AMsets 7:01 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 December, 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 December

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.