Africa
Botswana
Capital Gaborone · 2M people · Pula
- Top cities
- 299KGaborone
- 116KFrancistown
- 85KMaun
- 122KMolepolole
- 56KSerowe
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- ClimateVariable-1–38°
Top cities
- Gaborone299K residents
- Francistown116K residents
- Maun85K residents
- Molepolole122K residents
- Serowe56K residents
Source: GeoNames
Airports in Botswana
Sir Seretse Khama International Airport is Botswana's busiest gateway.
1 major airport. Tap any to see its nearest cities and how far they are.
Good to know — passenger volume is total throughput, not direct-route breadth; a large hub can still lack flights to your region. Learn how we measure this →
Passport strength in Botswana
Botswana's passport ranks #59 worldwide — 77 destinations visa-free.
This is the passport you’d gain by naturalizing here — a long-horizon payoff measured in years of residency, not a signal for the move itself.
- Mobility
- #5977 destinations
- GDP reach
- #12410.9% of world GDP
- Heritage
- #100287 of 1,353 UNESCO sites
Good to know — a mobility rank counts how many destinations you can enter, not how useful they are; a strong passport can still gate the one place you care about. Learn how we measure this →
Climate in Botswana
Warm summers, gentle winters.
Where most people in Botswana live, it's typically -1° to 38° feels-like across the year; sun is plentiful, up to ~336 days a year in Ghanzi.
Feels-like °C — where most people live, vs the city-to-city spread
Good to know— a country isn't one climate but a range; the extremes here are different cities, not the same place across seasons. Learn how we measure this →
Who thrives in Botswana
A handful of lifestyles thrive in Botswana.
Fit is scored per lifestyle and anchored to the cities that serve each best — Sunshine Lover leads. Pick one to see exactly where it works.
Great fit
Good to know — fit is by city, not country; a lifestyle that thrives here may only do so in one or two of its cities. Learn how we measure this →