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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Katima Mulilo
Katima Mulilo climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest May–Jul
Annual mean23°day and night
Seasonal swing10°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation597 mm107 wet days a year
17.50° S, 24.28° EElevation 951 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goKatima Mulilo · weather score
Best timeMay–Jul
October: high / low34° / 21°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Katima Mulilo has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is October, when afternoons average 34° and nights 21°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 25° and lows of 11°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 10°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 597 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (158 mm, 23 wet days) and July the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 5% in August to 52% in January.
Compared with Windhoek, the capital, Katima Mulilo is 5.3° warmer on a October afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · October
- Coldest nights
- 11° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- August · 5% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 10 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 05 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 27° | 25° | 25° | 28° | 33° | 34° | 32° | 30° |
| Average low | 20° | 20° | 20° | 18° | 15° | 12° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 20° |
| Precipitation | 158 mm | 132 mm | 75 mm | 18 mm | 3 mm | 2 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 2 mm | 20 mm | 67 mm | 120 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 22.9 | 19.8 | 17.9 | 6.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 3 | 13.4 | 22.4 |
| Cloud cover | 52% | 45% | 32% | 16% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 19% | 38% | 51% |
| Daylight | 13h 04 | 12h 40 | 12h 13 | 11h 42 | 11h 18 | 11h 05 | 11h 10 | 11h 31 | 11h 59 | 12h 29 | 12h 56 | 13h 10 |
| Month score | 40 | 45 | 48 | 67 | 89 | 100 | 100 | 87 | 68 | 55 | 34 | 37 |
ivMonth by month
Katima Mulilo in every month
January40
29° / 20°
158 mm · 22.9 wet days
February45
29° / 20°
132 mm · 19.8 wet days
March48
29° / 20°
75 mm · 17.9 wet days
April67
29° / 18°
18 mm · 6.5 wet days
May89
27° / 15°
3 mm · 0.4 wet days
June100
25° / 12°
2 mm · 0.2 wet days
July100
25° / 11°
0 mm · 0 wet days
August87
28° / 14°
0 mm · 0 wet days
September68
33° / 18°
2 mm · 0.4 wet days
October55
34° / 21°
20 mm · 3 wet days
November34
32° / 21°
67 mm · 13.4 wet days
December37
30° / 20°
120 mm · 22.4 wet days