Katima Mulilo weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇦 Namibia · small town · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Katima Mulilo is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with July and August close behind. Katima Mulilo averages about 3,317 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,317
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 762 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Population
- 34k
- Elevation
- 953 m
When is the best time to visit Katima Mulilo?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Katima Mulilo is June, then July and August. The dullest month is October (48/100, 12 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Katima Mulilo?
Katima Mulilo is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,317 hours of sunshine a year. 51 Sunshine Score points separate June (99) from October (48), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #8 of 8 destinations in Namibia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,626 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 67% of the year's 762 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71 | 31° / 88°F | 20° / 68°F | 189 mm | 12 |
| February | 73 | 30° / 86°F | 20° / 68°F | 141 mm | 12 |
| March | 78 | 31° / 88°F | 19° / 66°F | 113 mm | 12 |
| April | 91 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 43 mm | 10 |
| May | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 13° / 55°F | 2 mm | 8 |
| June | 99 | 27° / 81°F | 10° / 50°F | 1 mm | 7 |
| July | 99 | 27° / 81°F | 9° / 48°F | 0 mm | 7 |
| August | 99 | 31° / 88°F | 12° / 54°F | 0 mm | 8 |
| September | 69 | 35° / 95°F | 16° / 61°F | 2 mm | 9 |
| October | 48 | 37° / 99°F | 21° / 70°F | 12 mm | 11 |
| November | 59 | 35° / 95°F | 22° / 72°F | 76 mm | 11 |
| December | 71 | 32° / 90°F | 21° / 70°F | 183 mm | 11 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Lusaka Zambia · 523 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
- Harare Zimbabwe · 733 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
- Lubumbashi Congo - Kinshasa · 763 km · best in May · 2,978 h sun/yr
- Gaborone Botswana · 790 km · best in Jul · 3,481 h sun/yr
- Windhoek Namibia · 883 km · best in Jun · 3,829 h sun/yr
- Johannesburg South Africa · 1,035 km · best in Aug · 3,287 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kasane Botswana · 107 km · 3,263 h sun/yr · best in May
- Livingstone Zambia · 175 km · 3,263 h sun/yr · best in May
- Victoria Falls Zimbabwe · 183 km · 3,331 h sun/yr · best in May
- Shakawe Botswana · 261 km · 3,377 h sun/yr · best in May
- Maun Botswana · 271 km · 3,464 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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