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Oranjemund climate by month
What the weather is like
Oranjemund has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 21° and nights 16°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 18° and lows of 11°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 4°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 53 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (6 mm, 4 wet days) and November the driest (3 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 16% in June to 25% in February.
The sea reaches about 17° in February. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Windhoek, the capital, Oranjemund is 7.2° cooler on a February afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 21° · February
- Coldest nights
- 11° · August
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- November
- Clearest skies
- June · 16% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 17° · February
- Longest day
- 13 h 57 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 20 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 20° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 20° |
| Average low | 16° | 16° | 15° | 14° | 13° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 12° | 12° | 14° | 15° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 3 mm | 3 mm | 6 mm | 6 mm | 6 mm | 7 mm | 5 mm | 4 mm | 6 mm | 3 mm | 2 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Cloud cover | 21% | 25% | 22% | 22% | 21% | 16% | 16% | 18% | 21% | 23% | 20% | 21% |
| Sea temperature | 17° | 17° | 16° | 15° | 14° | 14° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 17° |
| Daylight | 13h 46 | 13h 04 | 12h 17 | 11h 25 | 10h 43 | 10h 20 | 10h 29 | 11h 05 | 11h 54 | 12h 45 | 13h 32 | 13h 57 |
| Month score | 97 | 96 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 92 | 95 | 95 | 96 | 98 | 99 | 98 |