Maun, Botswana

Maun sits in a desert climate in Botswana, and the 2015–2024 weather record gives its sunshine a clear shape: the May peak reaches a 99/100 sun score, with daytime highs around 28°C — a solid base for an itinerary built around activity.

Across a typical year, afternoon temperatures swing between 25°C (June) and 36°C (October). On the rain ledger, May is the safest bet at a 0% chance of a wet day, while February climbs to 46%. Beach-warm afternoons (24°C and up) hold through January–December.

Season by season (on the northern calendar), spring brings 29°C highs with 10% rain-day odds, summer 27°C at 0%, autumn 35°C at 7%, and winter 31°C at 43%. Summer wins on the numbers and autumn loses them; everything in between is a trade-off between warmth and crowds. If your dates are flexible, January buys you 31°C warmth at the quiet end of the season.

Best months to visit Maun

The best month on record is May — a 99/100 sun score, built on 9% cloud cover and 0% rain-day odds — followed by June and July. In practice you have flexibility — January–September and November–December all stay above a 70 sun score. Skip October if sunshine is the point — it bottoms out at 69/100.

Put against its 44 desert peers in May, it lands in the sunnier half of the group, ahead of 80% of them.

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The live forecast backs this up: of the next 15 days, 7 look mostly clear and none carry meaningful rain risk, in a 20–41°C band. Today's cached sun score is 69/100.