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

Gaborone

A capital built almost from scratch for independence, where the three chiefs who kept their lands out of Cecil Rhodes's hands stand in bronze.

✓ best all year

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 2 distinct climate zones. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.

Gaborone →

Jan

32°

19°

91mm

16d rain

Feb

32°

19°

79mm

12d rain

Mar

31°

17°

69mm

11d rain

Apr

28°

14°

24mm

5d rain

May

26°

10°

5mm

2d rain

Jun

22°

6°

7mm

1d rain

Jul

23°

5°

0mm

0d rain

Aug

27°

8°

2mm

0d rain

Sep

31°

13°

10mm

2d rain

Oct

33°

16°

42mm

6d rain

Nov

34°

18°

89mm

12d rain

Dec

33°

19°

61mm

16d rain

✓ Best all year

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

Okavango Delta (Maun) →

Jan

32°

21°

130mm

19d rain

Feb

33°

21°

94mm

16d rain

Mar

32°

20°

70mm

14d rain

Apr

31°

18°

29mm

4d rain

May

29°

13°

4mm

1d rain

Jun

27°

10°

0mm

0d rain

Jul

27°

9°

0mm

0d rain

Aug

31°

12°

0mm

0d rain

Sep

35°

17°

1mm

1d rain

Oct

38°

21°

12mm

4d rain

Nov

37°

23°

59mm

10d rain

Dec

35°

22°

70mm

16d 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