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Sossusvlei (Sesriem) in January

Very hot and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Sossusvlei (Sesriem) is very hot: highs near 96°F, lows near 65°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Sossusvlei (Sesriem) is very hot: highs near 36°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
96°F36°Caverage
Low
65°F18°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 11% of days
Daylight
13h 28mon average

Is January a good time to visit Sossusvlei (Sesriem)?

January sits outside Sossusvlei (Sesriem)'s best months, which run from June to August. Expect very hot days and rain on about one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 96°F in January, against 80°F to 96°F through the year.Highs near 36°C in January, against 27°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

11% of days in January, against 1% to 18% through the year.

Cloud cover

38% cover in January, against 10% to 38% through the year.

Daylight

13h 28m in January, against 10h 39m to 13h 38m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December96°36°low 62°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. January96°36°low 65°low 18°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February95°35°low 66°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Sossusvlei (Sesriem) sits, in January

Africa/Windhoek
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:21 AMsets 7:50 PM
Above the sea
780 mupland
Latitude
24.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Windhoek249 km north-east

The land around Sossusvlei (Sesriem), shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Namibia in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Sossusvlei (Sesriem)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sossusvlei (Sesriem). Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (780 m) against the climate model's (830 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (780 m) against the climate model's (830 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.