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Windhoek in August

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Windhoek is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 45°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Windhoek is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 7°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
45°F7°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 1% of days
Daylight
11h 22mon average

Is August a good time to visit Windhoek?

Yes. August is one of Windhoek's best months (April to June, or August).

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 August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 78°F in August, against 72°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in August, against 22°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

1% of days in August, against 1% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

10% cover in August, against 8% to 53% through the year.

Daylight

11h 22m in August, against 10h 46m to 13h 30m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. July72°22°low 42°low 6°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August78°26°low 45°low 7°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. September85°29°low 52°low 11°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Windhoek sits, in August

Africa/Windhoek
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
7:17 AMsets 6:36 PM
Above the sea
1,650 mhigh country
Latitude
22.6°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Zannier Reserve35 km north-east

The land around Windhoek, shaded by its typical high in August, 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 August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Windhoek

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Windhoek. 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 (1,650 m) against the climate model's (1,800 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 (1,650 m) against the climate model's (1,800 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.