Fareed Mohmed

Gardening · Climate Compatibility · Botswana

Best Plants for Maun

Maun, Botswana has a hot semi-arid (okavango delta) climate: summer highs around 34°C, winter lows around 9°C, 460 mm of annual rainfall and low-moderate humidity. Here's how 2,500 plants stack up against that climate, and when to plant them.

723Excellent Match
407Good Match
695Marginal
675Not Suitable

Maun’s year at a glance

29JAN28FEB26MAR23APR19MAY16JUN15JUL16AUG18SEP21OCT25NOV28DECBars: average temperature. White ticks: average overnight low.

Estimated average temperature by month, °C frost-free frost likely overnight

Plants that suit Maun

Every plant here has been checked against Maun’s summer heat, winter cold, chill hours, humidity and rainfall. Good fits grow reliably with ordinary care. Marginal fits can work, but need extra care such as shade, frost cover or a pot you can move. Click any plant for the full reasoning.

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What to plant in Maun, month by month

Planting windows are worked out from Maun’s estimated monthly temperatures and each plant’s comfortable range: warm enough to avoid frost damage, cool enough to avoid heat stress. Maun is in the southern hemisphere, so its seasons run opposite to the north and all months here are local ones. Pick a month, or click a cell in the grid.

Lifecycle
Type

Estimates only. They use average temperatures and don’t include local rainfall timing, frost dates or microclimate, so treat them as a starting point and check with a local nursery. In monsoon and wet-dry climates, trees and shrubs usually establish best at the start of the rains. An asterisk (*) means the plant’s best available window is only a rough fit here. Indoor and potted plants such as houseplants, orchids and bromeliads can be potted at any time, so they aren’t listed in the calendar. “Annual” includes biennials and tender perennials grown as annuals (tomato, chilli, petunia).

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Checked against 2,500 plants in total (695 marginal, 675 not recommended outdoors in Maun). Look up any specific plant, or compare Maun against a different climate factor by factor:

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