Climate averages 1991–2020
Ondjiva weather
in October.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Ondjiva: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cahama (175 km away). In October its highs average 34.8°C, about as warm as Ondjiva, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Ondjiva ranks joint 1st of 47 for the warmest October highs and 19th of 47 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 47 cities is 28.7°C; Ondjiva is 6.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Cahama in OctoberAngola · 175 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Matala in OctoberAngola · 270 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Lubango in OctoberAngola · 338 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Menongue in OctoberAngola · 340 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Mossamedes in OctoberAngola · 435 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Rundu in OctoberNamibia · 439 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Longonjo in OctoberAngola · 465 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Caála in OctoberAngola · 469 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 190 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.