Climate averages 1991–2020
Ondjiva weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Ondjiva: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cahama (175 km away). In December its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Ondjiva, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Ondjiva ranks joint 6th of 47 for the warmest December highs and 21st of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Ondjiva is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 118 mm to 152 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ondjiva climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 152 | 14.1 | 13.013 h |
| February | 28.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 148 | 14.6 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 115 | 15.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 26 | 5.3 | 11.712 h |
| May | 29.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| June | 26.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.111 h |
| July | 26.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.211 h |
| August | 30.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| September | 33.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 34.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 19 | 3.8 | 12.512 h |
| November | 32.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 61 | 10.0 | 12.913 h |
| December, selected | 31.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 118 | 12.9 | 13.113 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Cahama in DecemberAngola · 175 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 88 mm rain
- Matala in DecemberAngola · 270 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 162 mm rain
- Lubango in DecemberAngola · 338 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 260 mm rain
- Menongue in DecemberAngola · 340 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.2°C · 191 mm rain
- Mossamedes in DecemberAngola · 435 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Rundu in DecemberNamibia · 439 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 122 mm rain
- Longonjo in DecemberAngola · 465 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Caála in DecemberAngola · 469 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 279 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ondjiva) is explained once on the Ondjiva year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.