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Windhoek in May

Warm and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Windhoek is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 50°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Windhoek is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 10°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
50°F10°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 3% of days
Daylight
11h 03mon average

Is May a good time to visit Windhoek?

Yes. May 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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

3% of days in May, against 1% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

13% cover in May, against 8% to 53% through the year.

Daylight

11h 03m in May, against 10h 46m to 13h 30m through the year.

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

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  1. April81°27°low 56°low 13°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. May78°26°low 50°low 10°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. June73°23°low 43°low 6°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Windhoek sits, in May

Africa/Windhoek
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
7:16 AMsets 6:19 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 May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
See May 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.