Windhoek, Town MET

FYWW · Khomas, Namibia

Climate Windhoek, Town MET 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Eros Airport (FYWE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.2 100 99 97 95 100
February 97.1 99 99 95 94 97
March 95.2 76 100 99 99 96
April 98.7 98 100 100 100
May 99.7 99 100 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.7 100 100 99 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 98.6 92 100 99 100
November 97.9 87 100 100 100
December 99.0 99 98 99 96
Average 97.9 91.1 97.5 99.0 98.6 99.0

1st best VFR conditions of Namibia

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.6 100 100 100 98 100
February 99.5 100 100 99 99 100
March 96.5 76 100 99 100 99
April 99.8 100 100 100 100
May 100.0 100 100 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 99 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 98.7 92 100 100 100
November 98.0 87 100 100 100
December 99.4 100 98 99 99
Average 98.5 91.4 98.0 99.6 99.5 99.8

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 30.1 31 29 29 27 32
February 29.1 32 29 27 28 29
March 28.6 31 30 27 28 28
April 26.5 28 27 27 27
May 24.5 25 24 24 25
June 22.1 23 20 22 21
July 21.9 21 22 22 22
August 24.8 26 26 25 24
September 29.2 29 29 30 29
October 30.6 33 31 29 31
November 31.4 32 31 32 32
December 31.0 32 31 30 31
Average 27.8 31.0 28.0 26.7 26.9 27.3

10th 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 16.9 17 18 16 18 14
February 16.8 17 17 16 17 15
March 14.9 15 13 14 14 13
April 12.9 14 11 12 15
May 8.3 9 7 8 8
June 4.3 3 3 4 4
July 5.0 4 5 4 4
August 6.8 6 6 6 5
September 10.6 10 12 11 11
October 13.9 16 17 12 17
November 15.7 15 15 14 16
December 16.6 17 16 14 20
Average 12.4 16.1 11.6 11.2 11.0 11.4

3rd lowest temperature of Namibia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.7 8 6 3 10 6
February 6.4 5 4 10 3 16
March 4.4 5 1 6 3 4
April 2.1 3 1 1 0
May 0.6 3 0 1 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.1 1 0 0 0
September 0.0 1 0 0 0
October 1.5 1 2 1 4
November 1.5 4 3 1 0
December 2.8 4 2 1 4
Average 2.4 5.7 2.2 2.2 1.6 3.2

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 (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.7 6 6 7 7 7
February 6.3 5 6 6 8 6
March 5.7 5 6 6 5 6
April 6.2 7 6 7 6
May 5.4 6 6 5 5
June 6.2 7 8 7 6
July 6.5 8 7 6 7
August 7.2 8 7 8 8
September 7.1 7 7 7 7
October 7.3 6 7 8 7
November 7.2 6 8 7 7
December 7.0 6 7 8 7
Average 6.4 5.2 6.5 6.7 7.0 6.7

10th 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 128° 084° 107° 124° 246°
February 076° 202° 106° 151° 105°
March 063° 331° 007° 011° 061°
April 340° 318° 050° 331°
May 332° 027° 013° 041°
June 324° 039° 357° 040°
July 030° 348° 041° 049°
August 345° 335° 332° 345°
September 334° 346° 319° 333°
October 332° 357° 311° 047°
November 098° 304° 299° 300°
December 290° 293° 305° 116°

Prevailing wind direction

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