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Windhoek in December

Hot and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Windhoek is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 61°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 30 minutes.December in Windhoek is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 30 minutes.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
61°F16°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 27% of days
Daylight
13h 30mon average

Is December a good time to visit Windhoek?

December sits outside Windhoek's best months, which run in two parts: April to June, or August. Expect hot days and rain on about two days 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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

27% of days in December, against 1% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

42% cover in December, against 8% to 53% through the year.

Daylight

13h 30m in December, against 10h 46m to 13h 30m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November90°32°low 59°low 15°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December90°32°low 61°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January88°31°low 62°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Windhoek sits, in December

Africa/Windhoek
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:02 AMsets 7:32 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 December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December 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.