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Sossusvlei (Sesriem) in October

Hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Sossusvlei (Sesriem) is hot: highs near 93°F, lows near 58°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Sossusvlei (Sesriem) is hot: highs near 34°C, lows near 14°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
93°F34°Caverage
Low
58°F14°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 1% of days
Daylight
12h 44mon average

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

October sits outside Sossusvlei (Sesriem)'s best months, which run from June to August. Expect hot days and rain on fewer than 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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 93°F in October, against 80°F to 96°F through the year.Highs near 34°C in October, against 27°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

20% cover in October, against 10% to 38% through the year.

Daylight

12h 44m in October, against 10h 39m to 13h 38m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September89°32°low 54°low 12°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. October93°34°low 58°low 14°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. November94°34°low 60°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Sossusvlei (Sesriem) sits, in October

Africa/Windhoek
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:24 AMsets 7:01 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 October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October 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.