Namibia · 22.56°S 17.08°E · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Tropical preset (highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon)
The best time to visit Windhoek is October to February, with highs of 28–30 °C82–86 °F and nights of 12–15 °C54–59 °F, and rainfall of 16–88 mm0.6–3.5 in a month.
Rain is spread across the year, 0–88 mm0–3.5 in a month. January is the wettest month and June the driest. December is the hottest month (highs of 30 °C86 °F) and June the coldest (21 °C70 °F).
The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at -22.56, 17.08. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.
Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.
Good time to go for a Tropical holiday: October to February.
Open Windhoek on the interactive map ↗ the same verdicts for any place on Earth, in any month
Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.
What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F for Tropical). Rain is judged by each month's class within Windhoek's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.
| Month | Rain | High | Low | Season | Tropical verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 883.5 | 2983 | 1559 | showers | good |
| February | 883.5 | 2882 | 1559 | showers | good |
| March | 722.8 | 2780 | 1457 | showers | too cold |
| April | 321.3 | 2577 | 1152 | dry | too cold |
| May | 80.3 | 2373 | 846 | dry | too cold |
| June | 00 | 2169 | 541 | dry | too cold |
| July | 00 | 2169 | 540 | dry | too cold |
| August | 00 | 2474 | 643 | dry | too cold |
| September | 00 | 2780 | 1049 | dry | too cold |
| October | 160.6 | 2882 | 1253 | dry | good |
| November | 240.9 | 3085 | 1457 | dry | good |
| December | 321.3 | 3086 | 1559 | dry | good |
| Looking for | Rule | Months that fit |
|---|---|---|
| Warm | highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers | March to September |
| Tropical | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon | October to February |
| Beach | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers | October to February |
| Cool | highs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoon | |
| Snow | highs below 3 °C37 °F, any rain |
Not a clear one. Rain is spread across the year, 0–88 mm0–3.5 in a month. January is the wettest month and June the driest.
December is the hottest month (highs of 30 °C86 °F) and June the coldest (21 °C70 °F). Annual rainfall is about 360 mm14 in.
The nearest destinations that fit the Tropical preset in the months when Windhoek does not:
The interactive map colours the whole world by how well it fits the weather you like, in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.