Climate averages 1991–2020
Ondjiva weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ondjiva: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cahama (175 km away). In January its highs average 30.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Ondjiva, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Ondjiva ranks 13th of 47 for the warmest January highs and 28th of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Ondjiva is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 152 mm to 148 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Cahama in JanuaryAngola · 175 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Matala in JanuaryAngola · 270 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Lubango in JanuaryAngola · 338 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 251 mm rain
- Menongue in JanuaryAngola · 340 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 172 mm rain
- Mossamedes in JanuaryAngola · 435 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Rundu in JanuaryNamibia · 439 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 165 mm rain
- Longonjo in JanuaryAngola · 465 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 203 mm rain
- Caála in JanuaryAngola · 469 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 249 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.