Climate · Xaxaba

Xaxaba in October

Very hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Xaxaba is very hot: highs near 99°F, lows near 67°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Xaxaba is very hot: highs near 37°C, lows near 19°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
99°F37°Caverage
Low
67°F19°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 5% of days
Daylight
12h 35mon average

Is October a good time to visit Xaxaba?


October sits outside Xaxaba's best months, which run from June to July. Expect very hot days and rain on fewer than one day 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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 99°F in October, against 80°F to 99°F through the year.Highs near 37°C in October, against 27°C to 37°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

5% of days in October, against 0% to 59% through the year.

Cloud cover

23% cover in October, against 7% to 69% through the year.

Daylight

12h 35m in October, against 10h 59m to 13h 16m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. September95°35°low 61°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. October99°37°low 67°low 19°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. November97°36°low 69°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Xaxaba sits, in October

Africa/Gaborone

this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:59 AMsets 6:30 PM
Above the sea
965 mupland
Latitude
19.2°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Shorobe106 km north-east

The land around Xaxaba, shaded by its typical high in October, 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 October

high · low · wet days

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