Climate · Maun

Maun in January

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Maun is hot: highs near 91°F, lows near 69°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 12 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Maun is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 12 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
91°F33°Caverage
Low
69°F21°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 53% of days
Daylight
13h 11mon average

Is January a good time to visit Maun?


January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 91°F in January, against 79°F to 98°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in January, against 26°C to 37°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

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

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

Either side


  1. December92°33°low 69°low 21°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. January91°33°low 69°low 21°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. February90°32°low 68°low 20°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Maun sits, in January

Africa/Gaborone

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
5:59 AMsets 7:11 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 January, 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 January

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.