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Windhoek in October

Hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Windhoek is hot: highs near 89°F, lows near 56°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Windhoek is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
89°F32°Caverage
Low
56°F13°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 9% of days
Daylight
12h 41mon average

Is October a good time to visit Windhoek?

October sits outside Windhoek's best months, which run in two parts: April to June, or August. Expect hot days and rain on about 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 89°F in October, against 72°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in October, against 22°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

9% of days in October, against 1% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

23% cover in October, against 8% to 53% through the year.

Daylight

12h 41m in October, against 10h 46m to 13h 30m 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. September85°29°low 52°low 11°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. October89°32°low 56°low 13°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. November90°32°low 59°low 15°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Windhoek sits, in October

Africa/Windhoek
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:20 AMsets 6:55 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 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 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.