Ondangwa weather by month & the best time to visit

🇳🇦 Namibia · small town · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Ondangwa is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with June and July close behind. Ondangwa averages about 3,650 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in May.

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Sun hours / year

3,650

Sunniest month

May

Peak score

100/100

Rain / year

439 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

27k

Elevation

1,095 m

When is the best time to visit Ondangwa?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Ondangwa is May, then June and July. The dullest month is October (49/100, 12 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Ondangwa?

Ondangwa is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,650 hours of sunshine a year. 51 Sunshine Score points separate May (100) from October (49), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 8 destinations in Namibia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,626 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 68% of the year's 439 mm falls in the three months around February.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Windhoek Namibia · 536 km · best in Jun · 3,829 h sun/yr
• Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo) Angola · 1,017 km · best in Jun · 2,165 h sun/yr
• Luanda Angola · 1,045 km · best in Jun · 2,101 h sun/yr
• Gaborone Botswana · 1,271 km · best in Jul · 3,481 h sun/yr
• Lusaka Zambia · 1,361 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
• Lubumbashi Congo - Kinshasa · 1,427 km · best in May · 2,978 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Ngiva Angola · 97 km · 3,651 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Halali Namibia · 139 km · 3,602 h sun/yr · best in May
• Rundu Namibia · 399 km · 3,376 h sun/yr · best in May
• Menongue Angola · 405 km · 3,103 h sun/yr · best in May
• Lubango Angola · 415 km · 3,356 h sun/yr · best in Jun