Climate averages 1991–2020
Windhoek weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Windhoek: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 52 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Walvis Bay (268 km away). In February its highs average 21.7°C, 6.3°C cooler than Windhoek, with 4.0 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Namibia, Windhoek ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 3 cities is 26.1°C; Windhoek is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 145 mm to 89 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Walvis Bay in FebruaryNamibia · 268 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Rundu in FebruaryNamibia · 587 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Ondjiva in FebruaryAngola · 627 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Maun in FebruaryBotswana · 716 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Cahama in FebruaryAngola · 756 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Upington in FebruarySouth Africa · 777 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 31 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.