Climate guideThirty-year normals for Windhoek
Windhoek climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing10°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation309 mm70 wet days a year
22.56° S, 17.08° EElevation 1,700 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goWindhoek · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low29° / 13°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Windhoek has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is December, when afternoons average 30° and nights 16°. June is the coolest month, with highs of 20° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 10°.
About 309 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. February is the wettest month (88 mm, 17 wet days) and June the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 4% in June to 26% in January.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · December
- Coldest nights
- 6° · July
- Wettest month
- February
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- June · 4% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 30 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 46 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° | 28° | 27° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 20° | 23° | 27° | 29° | 30° | 30° |
| Average low | 17° | 16° | 15° | 13° | 10° | 6° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 16° |
| Precipitation | 74 mm | 88 mm | 56 mm | 28 mm | 4 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 2 mm | 10 mm | 20 mm | 26 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.8 | 16.8 | 14 | 4.8 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3 | 5.3 | 9.5 |
| Cloud cover | 26% | 26% | 19% | 12% | 7% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 8% | 12% | 17% | 18% |
| Daylight | 13h 22 | 12h 51 | 12h 15 | 11h 35 | 11h 03 | 10h 46 | 10h 52 | 11h 20 | 11h 57 | 12h 36 | 13h 11 | 13h 30 |
| Month score | 50 | 56 | 59 | 88 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 91 | 77 | 68 | 55 |
ivMonth by month
Windhoek in every month
January50
29° / 17°
74 mm · 14.8 wet days
February56
28° / 16°
88 mm · 16.8 wet days
March59
27° / 15°
56 mm · 14 wet days
April88
25° / 13°
28 mm · 4.8 wet days
May98
23° / 10°
4 mm · 1 wet day
June100
20° / 6°
1 mm · 0 wet days
July99
20° / 6°
0 mm · 0.5 wet day
August100
23° / 8°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
September91
27° / 11°
2 mm · 0.5 wet day
October77
29° / 13°
10 mm · 3 wet days
November68
30° / 15°
20 mm · 5.3 wet days
December55
30° / 16°
26 mm · 9.5 wet days