Country guide

Botswana

The Okavango Delta's water safaris and Chobe's elephant herds; May to October is the dry-season prime.

Currency

BWP

Language

English

+ Setswana

English

Everywhere

Payment

Cards & cash mixed

Power

Type M

230 V, 50 Hz

Dialing

+267

Destinations

Botswana

Okavango Delta (Maun)

The largest inland delta on earth: a river that floods the Kalahari instead of reaching the sea, and fills it with big game.

✓ best Feb-Aug

Climate zones, month by month

Botswana has 1 distinct climate zone. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.

Okavango Delta (Maun) →

Jan

32°

21°

130mm

13d rain

Feb

33°

21°

94mm

8d rain

Mar

32°

20°

70mm

9d rain

Apr

31°

18°

29mm

2d rain

May

29°

13°

4mm

0d rain

Jun

27°

10°

0mm

0d rain

Jul

27°

9°

0mm

0d rain

Aug

31°

12°

0mm

0d rain

Sep

35°

17°

1mm

0d rain

Oct

38°

21°

12mm

1d rain

Nov

37°

23°

59mm

5d rain

Dec

35°

22°

70mm

9d rain

✓ Best Feb-Aug

Watch for Sep-Nov extreme heat risk

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions