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Erongomassiv · NamibiaSummit weather, forecast and climate
Spitzkoppe
1,728 m
Elevation1,728 mabove sea level
Prominence–independent height
Isolation94 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul23°average high
21.83° S, 15.20° EElevation 1,728 mUTC+0 · Coordinated Universal Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit1,728 m
- Mid-mountain1,130 m
- Valley528 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Spitzkoppe in brief
Spitzkoppe rises to 1,728 m in the Erongomassiv, Namibia.
At the summit, March is the mildest month with average highs of 29°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.
Facts
- Elevation
- 1,728 m · 5,669 ft
- Range
- Erongomassiv
- Country
- Namibia
- Coordinates
- -21.8256, 15.1951
- Nearest airport
- Walvis Bay International Airport (WVB) · 140 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 Spitzkoppe 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 | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 26° | 24° | 23° | 25° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° |
| Average low | 15° | 16° | 17° | 16° | 13° | 10° | 9° | 10° | 12° | 13° | 14° | 14° |
| Precipitation | 31 mm | 39 mm | 38 mm | 13 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 8 mm | 10 mm |
| Cloud cover | 23% | 25% | 17% | 10% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 12% | 13% |
| Daylight | 13h 19 | 12h 49 | 12h 14 | 11h 36 | 11h 05 | 10h 48 | 10h 55 | 11h 21 | 11h 57 | 12h 35 | 13h 09 | 13h 27 |
| Month score | 77 | 73 | 72 | 83 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 87 | 83 | 81 | 80 |
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 | 5,100 m | 5,150 m | 5,250 m | 5,100 m | 4,750 m | 4,300 m | 4,250 m | 4,400 m | 4,800 m | 4,950 m | 5,050 m | 5,050 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