Climate averages 1991–2020

Walvis Bay weather
in January.

A mild, very dry month: the 5th 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.

Average high 21.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 15.9°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 3.0 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a mild month in Walvis Bay: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 3.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Windhoek (268 km away). In January its highs average 29.2°C, 8.0°C warmer than Walvis Bay, with 131 mm of rain.

Among the 3 cities listed in Namibia, Walvis Bay ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 3 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 3 cities is 26.5°C; Walvis Bay is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.0 mm to 4.0 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Walvis Bay, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Walvis Bay

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 limits

How 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.