Climate averages 1991–2020
Rundu weather
in October.
A very hot, very 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 Rundu: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Menongue (425 km away). In October its highs average 32.4°C, 2.2°C cooler than Rundu, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Namibia, Rundu ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest October highs and joint 2nd of 3 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 3 cities is 27.8°C; Rundu is 6.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 65 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Menongue in OctoberAngola · 425 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Ondjiva in OctoberAngola · 439 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Maun in OctoberBotswana · 447 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Mongu in OctoberZambia · 465 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Windhoek in OctoberNamibia · 587 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Cahama in OctoberAngola · 608 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Matala in OctoberAngola · 617 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Livingstone in OctoberZambia · 644 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 11 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.