Windhoek
Elevation 1650 m22.57° S, 17.08° E
When to go?
Mean 25 °C, 11 rain days in the month (117 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 24 °C, 11 rain days in the month (129 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 22 °C, 10 rain days in the month (98 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 20 °C, 5 rain days in the month (39 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 17 °C, 1 rain day in the month (4 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 14 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 14 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 16 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 1 rain day in the month (3 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 22 °C, 3 rain days in the month (13 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 23 °C, 5 rain days in the month (28 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 25 °C, 7 rain days in the month (57 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
The best months are May–August. Avoid December–January (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +0.8 °C (cells at 1766 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.7 °C; in the last ten years by +1.4 °C. Warmest year: 2019 (+2.8 °C), coldest: 1974 (−1.7 °C).
October and September warmed the most (+1.7 and +0.9 °C), January the least (+0.2 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 19 °C) begins 10 days earlier and ends 10 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.