Climate averages 1991–2020
Rundu 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 Rundu: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Menongue (425 km away). In December its highs average 26.7°C, 3.7°C cooler than Rundu, with 191 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Namibia, Rundu ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 3 cities is 27.1°C; Rundu is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 122 mm to 165 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Menongue in DecemberAngola · 425 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.2°C · 191 mm rain
- Ondjiva in DecemberAngola · 439 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Maun in DecemberBotswana · 447 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Mongu in DecemberZambia · 465 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 232 mm rain
- Windhoek in DecemberNamibia · 587 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Cahama in DecemberAngola · 608 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 88 mm rain
- Matala in DecemberAngola · 617 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 162 mm rain
- Livingstone in DecemberZambia · 644 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 181 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.