Weather in North-West

Calculated from weather data of Katima Mulilo Airport (FYKM) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	29.1	28.8	28.1	26.8	29.6	30.6
February	30.3	35.7	29.8	30.6	29.1	30.5
March	30.9	34.6	31.6	29.1	30.6	29.5
April	29.7	30.3	31.0	28.8	29.1	31.1
May	27.8		31.3	27.1	24.8	27.3
June	25.3		29.3	25.3	21.8	24.6
July	24.8		26.0	25.8	22.6	24.1
August	29.2		30.1	29.8	28.3	29.6
September	33.5		33.2	32.8	32.8	33.8
October	35.4			34.5	34.3	37.0
November	32.9			32.2	33.1	32.7
December	31.5		31.6	30.6	30.3	29.3
Average	30.1	32.7	29.9	29.4	28.8	30.0

4th highest temperature of Namibia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	20.4	19	19	19	21	20
February	20.0	20	18	19	21	21
March	19.0	19	19	19	17	19
April	16.4	17	15	16	14	15
May	11.5		13	8	9	10
June	8.3		9	6	5	5
July	6.0		6	8	4	3
August	10.3		11	10	10	9
September	15.0		12	15	16	15
October	19.4			20	19	20
November	21.0			20	21	21
December	21.5		21	19	20	22
Average	16.2	18.6	14.0	14.7	14.4	14.7

10th lowest temperature of Namibia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	82	133	129	143	172
25 °C or warmer	100	238	286	253	283
20 °C or warmer	104	259	331	337	344
0 °C or colder	0	1	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.0	3	2	9	4	3
February	5.4	0	0	2	7	4
March	2.2	0	0	3	1	6
April	0.7	0	0	0	1	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.3		0	0	0	2
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.7			0	0	0
November	1.9			2	3	3
December	1.3		2	1	1	1
Average	1.6	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.3	1.4

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.3	7	8	8	6	7
February	6.3	9	7	7	7	6
March	7.5	8	7	9	9	8
April	8.0	8	10	7	10	9
May	7.9		8	8	9	9
June	8.5		7	12	9	9
July	9.3		9	9	10	11
August	10.1		10	10	10	10
September	10.8		9	12	11	12
October	9.8			12	10	12
November	7.9			9	8	8
December	6.7		7	9	7	6
Average	7.7	8.0	8.2	9.4	8.9	9.1

6th highest wind speed of Namibia

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	NE	E	E	NE	E
February	NE	NW	E	NE	E
March	NE	NE	NE	E	E
April	E	E	E	E	E
May		NE	E	E	E
June		E	E	E	E
July		E	E	E	E
August		E	E	E	E
September		E	E	E	E
October			E	E	E
November			NE	NE	E
December		N	NE	NE	NE

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

North-West weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in North-West?

The warmest month is October with an average temperature of 35 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in North-West?

The coldest month is July with an average daytime temperature of 25 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in North-West?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in February with a probability of around 5.4 %.

Which month is the driest in North-West?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in May. The probability is about 0.0 %.