Gaborone Weather in August
Gaborone in August
The short of it: Gaborone in August averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 1.0 mm (0.04 in) of rain and about 11 h 16 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 8° · rain 1.0 mm · daylight 11 h 16 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
August in Gaborone brings afternoons near 27° and nights around 8°, with about 1.0 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 27°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 1.0 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 16 min in mid-August, 31 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Gaborone runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Mogoditshane, 5 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
August in Gaborone, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 4° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 19°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MogoditshaneKweneng | 5 km NW | 27° | 8° | 1.0 mm |
| TlokwengSouth-East | 7 km ESE | 27° | 8° | 1.0 mm |
| MmoponeKweneng | 10 km NNW | 27° | 8° | 1.0 mm |
| GabaneKweneng | 13 km W | 26° | 7° | 1.0 mm |
| OodiSouth-East | 16 km NE | 27° | 8° | 1.0 mm |
| MetsemotlhabaKweneng | 16 km NW | 27° | 8° | 1.0 mm |
| KopongSouth-East | 19 km N | 28° | 8° | 1.0 mm |
| KumakwaneKweneng | 21 km W | 27° | 8° | 1.0 mm |