Climate averages 1991–2020

Windhoek weather
in July.

A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 20.6°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 6.0°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 Windhoek: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Walvis Bay (268 km away). In July its highs average 20.9°C, about as warm as Windhoek, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 3 cities listed in Namibia, Windhoek ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 3 cities is 22.1°C; Windhoek is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 23.9°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

Windhoek climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Windhoek, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Windhoek

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 Windhoek) is explained once on the Windhoek year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.