Africa · Southern Africa
Botswana
3 cities in the atlas · 4 airports with scheduled flights
Photo: Joachim Huber from Switzerland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Gaborone
- Currency
- BWP
- Botswanan Pula
- Local time
- Central Africa TimeUTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +267
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type D and G
Facts
Botswana in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Gaborone
- Currency
- Botswanan Pula BWPToday's indicative rate: BWP 10 ≈ USD 0.719Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: English and TswanaSpoken: English and Tswana
- Time zones
- Central Africa TimeUTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +267
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type D and G230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 911general emergency997ambulance998fire999policeAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 2,562,122 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 600,370 km²
- Internet domain
- .bw
- Land borders
- NamibiaSouth AfricaZimbabwe
When to go
Climate across Botswana
On these averages, Gaborone has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in March to September.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
On the map
Where Botswana is
The dashed box is the extent of the country's main landmass, from Natural Earth; outlying islands fall outside it. The dots are the cities with pages of their own.
Land borders
Cities
Cities in Botswana
All 3 places in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
Smaller places with an airport · 2
Airports
Airports in Botswana
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Botswana
Tell us where in Botswana, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.