Climate guideThirty-year normals for Rundu
Rundu climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest May–Jul
Annual mean23°day and night
Seasonal swing10°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation547 mm99 wet days a year
17.92° S, 19.77° EElevation 1,114 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goRundu · weather score
Best timeMay–Jul
October: high / low34° / 19°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Rundu 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 19°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 25° and lows of 10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 10°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 547 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (156 mm, 21 wet days) and July the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 4% in June to 54% in January.
Compared with Windhoek, the capital, Rundu is 4.8° warmer on a October afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · October
- Coldest nights
- 10° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- June · 4% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 12 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 | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 27° | 25° | 25° | 28° | 32° | 34° | 32° | 31° |
| Average low | 19° | 19° | 19° | 17° | 14° | 10° | 10° | 12° | 17° | 19° | 20° | 20° |
| Precipitation | 156 mm | 126 mm | 87 mm | 20 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 2 mm | 21 mm | 53 mm | 81 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 21.2 | 18.5 | 17.8 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 12.9 | 19.9 |
| Cloud cover | 54% | 48% | 36% | 16% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 19% | 36% | 48% |
| Daylight | 13h 05 | 12h 41 | 12h 13 | 11h 42 | 11h 17 | 11h 04 | 11h 09 | 11h 30 | 11h 59 | 12h 29 | 12h 57 | 13h 12 |
| Month score | 39 | 45 | 49 | 71 | 89 | 100 | 100 | 87 | 69 | 58 | 37 | 36 |
ivMonth by month
Rundu in every month
January39
29° / 19°
156 mm · 21.2 wet days
February45
29° / 19°
126 mm · 18.5 wet days
March49
29° / 19°
87 mm · 17.8 wet days
April71
29° / 17°
20 mm · 5.5 wet days
May89
27° / 14°
1 mm · 0.4 wet days
June100
25° / 10°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
July100
25° / 10°
0 mm · 0 wet days
August87
28° / 12°
0 mm · 0 wet days
September69
32° / 17°
2 mm · 0.5 wet day
October58
34° / 19°
21 mm · 2.6 wet days
November37
32° / 20°
53 mm · 12.9 wet days
December36
31° / 20°
81 mm · 19.9 wet days