Climate averages 1991–2020
Windhoek weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Windhoek: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Walvis Bay (268 km away). In March its highs average 21.8°C, 5.2°C cooler than Windhoek, with 3.2 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Namibia, Windhoek ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 3 cities is 25.8°C; Windhoek is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Walvis Bay in MarchNamibia · 268 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Rundu in MarchNamibia · 587 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Ondjiva in MarchAngola · 627 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Maun in MarchBotswana · 716 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Cahama in MarchAngola · 756 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 125 mm rain
- Upington in MarchSouth Africa · 777 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.4°C · 36 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.