Gaborone Weather in February
Gaborone in February
The short of it: Gaborone in February averages a high of 33 °C (92 °F) and a low of 20 °C (68 °F), with 75 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 12 h 57 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 33° · low 20° · rain 75 mm · daylight 12 h 57 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Gaborone an average February high of 33°, a low of 20° and some 75 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 33° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 75 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 57 min in mid-February, 33 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates February 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Gaborone runs warmer than most and drier than most in February. Mogoditshane, 5 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
February in Gaborone, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus January
- about the same, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus March
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 57 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
February averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MogoditshaneKweneng | 5 km NW | 33° | 20° | 74 mm |
| TlokwengSouth-East | 7 km ESE | 33° | 20° | 77 mm |
| MmoponeKweneng | 10 km NNW | 33° | 20° | 76 mm |
| GabaneKweneng | 13 km W | 32° | 19° | 72 mm |
| OodiSouth-East | 16 km NE | 33° | 20° | 78 mm |
| MetsemotlhabaKweneng | 16 km NW | 33° | 20° | 76 mm |
| KopongSouth-East | 19 km N | 33° | 20° | 79 mm |
| KumakwaneKweneng | 21 km W | 33° | 19° | 73 mm |