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Erongo Region · NamibiaSummit weather, forecast and climate
Brandberg
2,573 mUltra-prominent peak
Elevation2,573 mabove sea level
Prominence1,802 mindependent height
Isolation0.6 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul18°average high
21.15° S, 14.58° EElevation 2,573 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit2,573 m
- Mid-mountain1,670 m
- Valley · Uis766 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Brandberg in brief
Brandberg rises to 2,573 m, Erongo Region, Namibia. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 1,802 m, which makes it an ultra-prominent peak.
At the summit, December is the mildest month with average highs of 27°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.
The nearest town is Uis, 31 km to the E at 766 m.
Facts
- Elevation
- 2,573 m · 8,442 ft
- Prominence
- 1,802 m
- Region
- Erongo Region
- Country
- Namibia
- Coordinates
- -21.1495, 14.5775
- Nearest airport
- Walvis Bay International Airport (WVB) · 204 km
iiForecast
Weather at three heights
Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.
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iiiSummit climate
The top of Brandberg by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 21° | 18° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° |
| Average low | 11° | 11° | 12° | 10° | 7° | 4° | 3° | 6° | 9° | 10° | 10° | 11° |
| Precipitation | 19 mm | 34 mm | 40 mm | 19 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 2 mm | 2 mm | 7 mm | 8 mm |
| Cloud cover | 26% | 29% | 19% | 11% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 12% | 14% |
| Daylight | 13h 17 | 12h 48 | 12h 14 | 11h 37 | 11h 07 | 10h 51 | 10h 57 | 11h 23 | 11h 58 | 12h 34 | 13h 07 | 13h 24 |
| Month score | 92 | 90 | 89 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 94 | 94 | 92 |
Snow and freezing level
Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing level | 5,400 m | 5,400 m | 5,350 m | 5,100 m | 4,700 m | 4,250 m | 4,250 m | 4,700 m | 5,250 m | 5,350 m | 5,350 m | 5,450 m |
| Summit | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C |
ivTerrain
Brandberg in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of NamibiaPeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Königstein | 2,573 m | – | 0.6 km E | 20° |
| Zisabspitze | 2,169 m | – | 7.5 km E | 21° |
| Zisabspitze | 1,638 m | – | 7.5 km E | 20° |
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
Around here
Uis and around
Mountains
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Königstein
2,573 m · Brandberg
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Zisabspitze
2,169 m · Brandberg
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Zisabspitze
1,638 m