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Triplandio Gaborone guide covers 3 travel guides across 12 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 12 self-guided walking tours in Gaborone with 33 POI, spanning 41.3 km in total. Get inspired by 5 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Gaborone
City & Country Data Botswana (Gaborone)
Key travel data for Gaborone — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Botswana
Tourists
1.8M/y
GDP/cap
$7.8k
Life Exp
69.3 yrs
Population
2.6M
Currency
BWP P
Language
English
Payments
Cash only
Emergency
999
💰 Prices in Gaborone
Coffee
$2.50
Beer
$2.50
Lunch
$10.00
Groceries
$25.00/w
Taxi/km
$3.00
Transit
$1.00
Fuel
$1.50/l
Internet
$50.00/m
Salary
$1,500/m
Best time to visit Gaborone (Botswana)
Now (September) avg: 22°C, mostly dry, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: Sep & Oct.
Live Temp
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~Day / Night Temp
31°C / 15°C
Sunrise / Sunset
6:01 / 18:13
Local time
0:24
Best Months 
Sep & Oct
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
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Maize meal porridge infused with lerotse melon. Nutritious porridge made with beans and sorghum. Nutritious wild spinach cooked with tomato and onion. A savory slow-cooked beef stew, pounded to tenderness. Fried dough, often filled with savory or sweet ingredients.
Traditional Local Food
Gaborone (Botswana)
Main course
Vegetarian
Bogobe jwa Lerotse
bo-go-bay jah leh-roh-tsay
· Lerotse melon porridge
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Main course
Vegan
Dikgobe
dee-kho-bay
· Beans and sorghum porridge
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Side dish
Vegan
Morogo
moh-roh-goh
· Wild spinach greens
Main course
Meat
Seswaa
sess-wah
· Pounded beef stew
Snack
Vegetarian
Vetkoek
fet-cook
· Deep-fried dough ball
