Climate guideThirty-year normals for Outjo
Outjo climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest May–Jul
Annual mean22°day and night
Seasonal swing8°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation405 mm71 wet days a year
20.11° S, 16.15° EElevation 1,258 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goOutjo · weather score
Best timeMay–Jul
October: high / low33° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Outjo 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 16°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 25° and lows of 9°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 8°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 405 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. February is the wettest month (112 mm, 17 wet days) and June the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 3% in June to 40% in January.
Compared with Windhoek, the capital, Outjo is 4° warmer on a October afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 33° · October
- Coldest nights
- 9° · July
- Wettest month
- February
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- June · 3% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 20 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 55 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 | 31° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 27° | 25° | 25° | 28° | 31° | 33° | 33° | 33° |
| Average low | 18° | 18° | 18° | 16° | 13° | 10° | 9° | 11° | 14° | 16° | 17° | 17° |
| Precipitation | 103 mm | 112 mm | 69 mm | 34 mm | 2 mm | 2 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 3 mm | 15 mm | 27 mm | 38 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 15.7 | 16.5 | 14.2 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 11.8 |
| Cloud cover | 40% | 38% | 26% | 14% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 7% | 14% | 21% | 28% |
| Daylight | 13h 13 | 12h 45 | 12h 14 | 11h 39 | 11h 10 | 10h 55 | 11h 01 | 11h 25 | 11h 58 | 12h 32 | 13h 04 | 13h 20 |
| Month score | 37 | 43 | 48 | 71 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 89 | 73 | 63 | 57 | 40 |
ivMonth by month
Outjo in every month
January37
31° / 18°
103 mm · 15.7 wet days
February43
30° / 18°
112 mm · 16.5 wet days
March48
30° / 18°
69 mm · 14.2 wet days
April71
29° / 16°
34 mm · 5.7 wet days
May90
27° / 13°
2 mm · 0.5 wet day
June100
25° / 10°
2 mm · 0 wet days
July100
25° / 9°
0 mm · 0 wet days
August89
28° / 11°
0 mm · 0 wet days
September73
31° / 14°
3 mm · 0.2 wet days
October63
33° / 16°
15 mm · 1.7 wet days
November57
33° / 17°
27 mm · 4.7 wet days
December40
33° / 17°
38 mm · 11.8 wet days