Climate averages 1991–2020
Rundu weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Rundu: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes February a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Menongue (425 km away). In February its highs average 26.0°C, 2.6°C cooler than Rundu, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Namibia, Rundu ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 3 cities is 26.1°C; Rundu is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 134 mm to 105 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Menongue in FebruaryAngola · 425 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 166 mm rain
- Ondjiva in FebruaryAngola · 439 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Maun in FebruaryBotswana · 447 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Mongu in FebruaryZambia · 465 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 217 mm rain
- Windhoek in FebruaryNamibia · 587 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 145 mm rain
- Cahama in FebruaryAngola · 608 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Matala in FebruaryAngola · 617 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 160 mm rain
- Livingstone in FebruaryZambia · 644 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 164 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.