Climate guideThirty-year normals for Oshakati
Oshakati climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest May–Jul
Annual mean23°day and night
Seasonal swing8°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation463 mm67 wet days a year
17.79° S, 15.70° EElevation 1,103 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goOshakati · weather score
Best timeMay–Jul
October: high / low33° / 19°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Oshakati 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 33° and nights 19°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 26° and lows of 11°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 8°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 463 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. February is the wettest month (118 mm, 16 wet days) and June the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 3% in June to 47% in January.
Compared with Windhoek, the capital, Oshakati is 4.5° warmer on a October afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 33° · October
- Coldest nights
- 11° · July
- Wettest month
- February
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- June · 3% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 11 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 04 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 | 30° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 26° | 26° | 29° | 33° | 33° | 32° | 31° |
| Average low | 20° | 19° | 19° | 18° | 15° | 12° | 11° | 13° | 17° | 19° | 19° | 20° |
| Precipitation | 101 mm | 118 mm | 99 mm | 28 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 2 mm | 13 mm | 40 mm | 61 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.8 | 15.8 | 15.2 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.2 | 8.7 |
| Cloud cover | 47% | 46% | 35% | 15% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 14% | 26% | 38% |
| Daylight | 13h 05 | 12h 40 | 12h 13 | 11h 42 | 11h 17 | 11h 04 | 11h 09 | 11h 30 | 11h 59 | 12h 29 | 12h 57 | 13h 11 |
| Month score | 39 | 44 | 48 | 65 | 84 | 96 | 97 | 84 | 69 | 63 | 61 | 50 |
ivMonth by month
Oshakati in every month
January39
30° / 20°
101 mm · 14.8 wet days
February44
29° / 19°
118 mm · 15.8 wet days
March48
29° / 19°
99 mm · 15.2 wet days
April65
30° / 18°
28 mm · 6.5 wet days
May84
29° / 15°
1 mm · 0.5 wet day
June96
26° / 12°
0 mm · 0 wet days
July97
26° / 11°
0 mm · 0 wet days
August84
29° / 13°
0 mm · 0 wet days
September69
33° / 17°
2 mm · 0 wet days
October63
33° / 19°
13 mm · 1 wet day
November61
32° / 19°
40 mm · 4.2 wet days
December50
31° / 20°
61 mm · 8.7 wet days