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Windhoek in January

Hot and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Windhoek is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 62°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Windhoek is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
13h 21mon average

Is January a good time to visit Windhoek?

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

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 88°F in January, against 72°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in January, against 22°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in January, against 1% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

13h 21m in January, against 10h 46m to 13h 30m 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. December90°32°low 61°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January88°31°low 62°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February86°30°low 62°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Windhoek sits, in January

Africa/Windhoek
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:19 AMsets 7:42 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 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 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.