Climate averages 1991–2020
Rundu weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Rundu: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Menongue (425 km away). In April its highs average 26.7°C, 1.9°C cooler than Rundu, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Namibia, Rundu ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 3 cities is 25.2°C; Rundu is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Rundu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 165 | 18.6 | 13.113 h |
| February | 28.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 134 | 16.4 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 105 | 14.5 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 28.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 20 | 4.2 | 11.712 h |
| May | 27.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| June | 25.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.111 h |
| July | 24.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.211 h |
| August | 28.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| September | 32.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 34.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 13 | 3.4 | 12.512 h |
| November | 32.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 65 | 11.7 | 12.913 h |
| December | 30.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 122 | 16.8 | 13.213 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
April in nearby cities
- Menongue in AprilAngola · 425 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Ondjiva in AprilAngola · 439 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Maun in AprilBotswana · 447 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Mongu in AprilZambia · 465 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Windhoek in AprilNamibia · 587 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Cahama in AprilAngola · 608 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Matala in AprilAngola · 617 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Livingstone in AprilZambia · 644 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 20 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 Rundu) is explained once on the Rundu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.