Climate averages 1991–2020
Rundu weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Rundu: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Menongue (425 km away). In September its highs average 32.7°C, about as warm as Rundu, with 5.5 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Namibia, Rundu ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest September highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 3 cities is 26.3°C; Rundu is 6.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.1 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Menongue in SeptemberAngola · 425 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Ondjiva in SeptemberAngola · 439 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Maun in SeptemberBotswana · 447 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Mongu in SeptemberZambia · 465 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Windhoek in SeptemberNamibia · 587 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 11.6°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Cahama in SeptemberAngola · 608 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Matala in SeptemberAngola · 617 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Livingstone in SeptemberZambia · 644 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 2.7 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.