Climate averages 1991–2020
Windhoek weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Windhoek: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th 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 Walvis Bay (268 km away). In April its highs average 21.6°C, 3.8°C cooler than Windhoek, with 3.0 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Namibia, Windhoek ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 3 cities is 25.2°C; Windhoek is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 3.7 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
Windhoek climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 131 | 12.8 | 13.313 h |
| February | 28.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 145 | 13.1 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 89 | 11.7 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 29 | 4.8 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 3.7 | 0.6 | 11.011 h |
| June | 20.8°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 10.811 h |
| July | 20.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 10.911 h |
| August | 23.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| September | 27.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 5.2 | 1.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 30.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 13 | 3.4 | 12.613 h |
| November | 30.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 34 | 5.8 | 13.213 h |
| December | 30.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 64 | 7.9 | 13.513 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
- Walvis Bay in AprilNamibia · 268 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Rundu in AprilNamibia · 587 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Ondjiva in AprilAngola · 627 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Maun in AprilBotswana · 716 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Cahama in AprilAngola · 756 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Upington in AprilSouth Africa · 777 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 25 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 Windhoek) is explained once on the Windhoek year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.