Climate averages 1991–2020
Windhoek weather
in November.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Windhoek: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Walvis Bay (268 km away). In November its highs average 19.6°C, 10.6°C cooler than Windhoek, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 3 cities listed in Namibia, Windhoek ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest November highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 3 cities is 27.4°C; Windhoek is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 64 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Walvis Bay in NovemberNamibia · 268 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.1°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Rundu in NovemberNamibia · 587 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Ondjiva in NovemberAngola · 627 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Maun in NovemberBotswana · 716 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Cahama in NovemberAngola · 756 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Upington in NovemberSouth Africa · 777 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 13 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.