Climate averages 1991–2020
Walvis Bay weather
in April.
A mild, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Walvis Bay: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Windhoek (268 km away). In April its highs average 25.4°C, 3.8°C warmer than Walvis Bay, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Namibia, Walvis Bay ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 3 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 3 cities is 25.2°C; Walvis Bay is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.0 mm to 1.0 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Walvis Bay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 13.413 h |
| February | 21.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 4.0 | 0.8 | 12.913 h |
| March | 21.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 3.2 | 0.5 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 21.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 3.0 | 0.5 | 11.612 h |
| May | 21.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.011 h |
| June | 21.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 10.711 h |
| July | 20.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 10.911 h |
| August | 18.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| September | 18.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 18.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.613 h |
| November | 19.6°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| December | 20.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 1.2 | 0.1 | 13.514 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
April in nearby cities
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 Walvis Bay) is explained once on the Walvis Bay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.