Gaborone Weather in January
Gaborone in January
The short of it: Gaborone in January averages a high of 33 °C (92 °F) and a low of 20 °C (68 °F), with 77 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 30 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 77 mm · daylight 13 h 30 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Gaborone an average January high of 33°, a low of 20° and some 77 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 33° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 77 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 30 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Gaborone runs warmer than most and about as wet in January. Mogoditshane, 5 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
January in Gaborone, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus December
- about the same, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus February
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MogoditshaneKweneng | 5 km NW | 33° | 20° | 75 mm |
| TlokwengSouth-East | 7 km ESE | 33° | 20° | 83 mm |
| MmoponeKweneng | 10 km NNW | 33° | 20° | 73 mm |
| GabaneKweneng | 13 km W | 32° | 19° | 74 mm |
| OodiSouth-East | 16 km NE | 33° | 20° | 80 mm |
| MetsemotlhabaKweneng | 16 km NW | 33° | 20° | 71 mm |
| KopongSouth-East | 19 km N | 33° | 20° | 77 mm |
| KumakwaneKweneng | 21 km W | 33° | 20° | 75 mm |