Climate averages 1991–2020

Walvis Bay weather
in July.

A mild, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 20.9°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 12.8°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a mild month in Walvis Bay: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Windhoek (268 km away). In July its highs average 20.6°C, about as warm as Walvis Bay, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 3 cities listed in Namibia, Walvis Bay ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest July highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 3 cities is 22.1°C; Walvis Bay is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

July 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	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, selected	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

July 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.