Windhoek weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇦 Namibia · highland city · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Windhoek is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with July and August close behind. Windhoek averages about 3,829 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,829
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 488 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 14 (extreme)
- Population
- 386k
- Elevation
- 1,698 m
When is the best time to visit Windhoek?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Windhoek is June, then July and August. The dullest month is January (82/100, 96 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Windhoek?
Windhoek is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,829 hours of sunshine a year. June (100/100) is noticeably better than January (82). It ranks #2 of 8 destinations in Namibia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,626 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around February, carries about 58% of the annual 488 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 82 | 31° / 88°F | 17° / 63°F | 96 mm | 14 |
| February | 82 | 30° / 86°F | 16° / 61°F | 96 mm | 13 |
| March | 84 | 28° / 82°F | 15° / 59°F | 90 mm | 12 |
| April | 89 | 26° / 79°F | 11° / 52°F | 60 mm | 9 |
| May | 99 | 23° / 73°F | 7° / 45°F | 6 mm | 7 |
| June | 100 | 20° / 68°F | 3° / 37°F | 2 mm | 6 |
| July | 100 | 20° / 68°F | 3° / 37°F | 1 mm | 6 |
| August | 100 | 24° / 75°F | 6° / 43°F | 1 mm | 8 |
| September | 99 | 29° / 84°F | 10° / 50°F | 5 mm | 9 |
| October | 96 | 31° / 88°F | 13° / 55°F | 24 mm | 11 |
| November | 92 | 32° / 90°F | 15° / 59°F | 43 mm | 13 |
| December | 88 | 32° / 90°F | 16° / 61°F | 64 mm | 14 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Gaborone Botswana · 891 km · best in Jul · 3,481 h sun/yr
- Johannesburg South Africa · 1,165 km · best in Aug · 3,287 h sun/yr
- Cape Town South Africa · 1,283 km · best in Feb · 3,482 h sun/yr
- Lusaka Zambia · 1,401 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
- Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) South Africa · 1,507 km · best in May · 2,989 h sun/yr
- Harare Zimbabwe · 1,508 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Walvis Bay(Rooikop) Namibia · 295 km · 3,355 h sun/yr · best in May
- Halali Namibia · 398 km · 3,602 h sun/yr · best in May
- Luderitz Namibia · 519 km · 4,150 h sun/yr · best in Dec
- Ondangwa Namibia · 536 km · 3,650 h sun/yr · best in May
- Rundu Namibia · 555 km · 3,376 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Windhoek compares month by month: Windhoek vs Johannesburg · Windhoek vs Cape Town · Windhoek vs Gaborone · all comparisons
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