Climate averages 1991–2020
Rundu weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Rundu: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Menongue (425 km away). In January its highs average 26.2°C, 2.9°C cooler than Rundu, with 172 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Namibia, Rundu ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 3 cities is 26.5°C; Rundu is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 165 mm to 134 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
Rundu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Menongue in JanuaryAngola · 425 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 172 mm rain
- Ondjiva in JanuaryAngola · 439 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 152 mm rain
- Maun in JanuaryBotswana · 447 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 145 mm rain
- Mongu in JanuaryZambia · 465 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 262 mm rain
- Windhoek in JanuaryNamibia · 587 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.3°C · 131 mm rain
- Cahama in JanuaryAngola · 608 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Matala in JanuaryAngola · 617 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Livingstone in JanuaryZambia · 644 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 208 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.