Best time to visit Swakopmund

The best time to visit Swakopmund is January–December, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia

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Average daily high and low
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Good month
Best month
Made good or best by an event

Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
Month	Average daily high	Average daily low	Precipitation	Verdict
January	23.2 °C / 74 °F	17 °C / 63 °F	7 mm / 0.3 in	best month
February	23.7 °C / 75 °F	17.3 °C / 63 °F	6 mm / 0.2 in	best month
March	24 °C / 75 °F	16.6 °C / 62 °F	8 mm / 0.3 in	best month
April	23.9 °C / 75 °F	15.4 °C / 60 °F	4 mm / 0.1 in	best month
May	23.7 °C / 75 °F	14 °C / 57 °F	1 mm / 0 in	best month
June	22.8 °C / 73 °F	12.7 °C / 55 °F	0 mm / 0 in	best month
July	22.6 °C / 73 °F	12.3 °C / 54 °F	0 mm / 0 in	best month
August	20.1 °C / 68 °F	10.8 °C / 51 °F	0 mm / 0 in	best month
September	19.6 °C / 67 °F	11.1 °C / 52 °F	0 mm / 0 in	best month
October	20.1 °C / 68 °F	12.3 °C / 54 °F	0 mm / 0 in	best month
November	21.3 °C / 70 °F	13.6 °C / 56 °F	0 mm / 0 in	best month
December	22.1 °C / 72 °F	15.2 °C / 59 °F	2 mm / 0.1 in	best month

Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

Daytime highs
Night-time lows
How warm it feels
Humidity
How much of the day is sunny
Hours of daylight
Monthly rainfall
How many days it rains
Days of heavy rain
Wind
Snowfall and days with snow
Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

JJanuary: best
FFebruary: best
MMarch: best
AApril: best
MMay: best
JJune: best
JJuly: best
AAugust: best
SSeptember: best
OOctober: best
NNovember: best
DDecember: best

Best: January–December

Why these months

January · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 24.6 °C / 76 °F, average daily high 23.2 °C / 74 °F, precipitation 7 mm / 0.3 in, share of daylight that is sunny 91%, wet days 1.6 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 17 °C / 63 °F.
Against: relative humidity 78%.
February · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 25.1 °C / 77 °F, average daily high 23.7 °C / 75 °F, precipitation 6 mm / 0.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, wet days 1.4 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 17.3 °C / 63 °F.
Against: relative humidity 78%.
March · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 24.9 °C / 77 °F, average daily high 24 °C / 75 °F, precipitation 8 mm / 0.3 in, share of daylight that is sunny 95%, wet days 1 days, days with heavy rain 0.2 days, average daily low 16.6 °C / 62 °F, relative humidity 76%.
April · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 23.7 °C / 75 °F, average daily high 23.9 °C / 75 °F, precipitation 4 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 96%, wet days 0.5 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 15.4 °C / 60 °F, relative humidity 72%.
May · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 22.4 °C / 72 °F, average daily high 23.7 °C / 75 °F, precipitation 1 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, wet days 0.1 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 14 °C / 57 °F, relative humidity 66%.
June · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 20.5 °C / 69 °F, average daily high 22.8 °C / 73 °F, precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, wet days 0 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 12.7 °C / 55 °F, relative humidity 60%.
July · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 20.1 °C / 68 °F, average daily high 22.6 °C / 73 °F, precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, wet days 0 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 12.3 °C / 54 °F, relative humidity 59%.
August · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 18.1 °C / 65 °F, average daily high 20.1 °C / 68 °F, precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 94%, wet days 0.1 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 10.8 °C / 51 °F, relative humidity 70%.
September · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 18.4 °C / 65 °F, average daily high 19.6 °C / 67 °F, precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 96%, wet days 0.1 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 11.1 °C / 52 °F, relative humidity 76%.
October · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 19.7 °C / 67 °F, average daily high 20.1 °C / 68 °F, precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, wet days 0 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 12.3 °C / 54 °F.
Against: relative humidity 77%.
November · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 21.5 °C / 71 °F, average daily high 21.3 °C / 70 °F, precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, wet days 0.1 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 13.6 °C / 56 °F, relative humidity 77%.
December · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 22.8 °C / 73 °F, average daily high 22.1 °C / 72 °F, precipitation 2 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, wet days 0.6 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 15.2 °C / 59 °F.
Against: relative humidity 78%.

Beach and swimming

Hot, dry and sunny. Penalises the monsoon hard.

JJanuary: best
FFebruary: best
MMarch: best
AApril: best
MMay: good
JJune: good
JJuly: good
AAugust: neither
SSeptember: neither
OOctober: neither
NNovember: good
DDecember: good

Best: January–April
Good: May–July, November–December

Why these months

January · best
In its favour: precipitation 7 mm / 0.3 in, share of daylight that is sunny 91%, wet days 1.6 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily high 23.2 °C / 74 °F, feels like (high) 24.6 °C / 76 °F, wind (daily max) 23 km/h / 14 mph, average daily low 17 °C / 63 °F.
February · best
In its favour: precipitation 6 mm / 0.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, wet days 1.4 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily high 23.7 °C / 75 °F, feels like (high) 25.1 °C / 77 °F, average daily low 17.3 °C / 63 °F, wind (daily max) 23 km/h / 14 mph.
March · best
In its favour: precipitation 8 mm / 0.3 in, share of daylight that is sunny 95%, average daily high 24 °C / 75 °F, wet days 1 days, days with heavy rain 0.2 days, feels like (high) 24.9 °C / 77 °F, wind (daily max) 24 km/h / 15 mph, average daily low 16.6 °C / 62 °F.
April · best
In its favour: precipitation 4 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 96%, wet days 0.5 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily high 23.9 °C / 75 °F, feels like (high) 23.7 °C / 75 °F, wind (daily max) 24 km/h / 15 mph, average daily low 15.4 °C / 60 °F.
May · good
In its favour: precipitation 1 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, wet days 0.1 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily high 23.7 °C / 75 °F, wind (daily max) 23 km/h / 14 mph.
Against: feels like (high) 22.4 °C / 72 °F, average daily low 14 °C / 57 °F.
June · good
In its favour: precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, wet days 0 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, wind (daily max) 24 km/h / 15 mph.
Against: feels like (high) 20.5 °C / 69 °F, average daily high 22.8 °C / 73 °F, average daily low 12.7 °C / 55 °F.
July · good
In its favour: precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, wet days 0 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, wind (daily max) 25 km/h / 16 mph.
Against: feels like (high) 20.1 °C / 68 °F, average daily high 22.6 °C / 73 °F, average daily low 12.3 °C / 54 °F.
November · good
In its favour: precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, wet days 0.1 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, wind (daily max) 25 km/h / 16 mph.
Against: average daily high 21.3 °C / 70 °F, feels like (high) 21.5 °C / 71 °F, average daily low 13.6 °C / 56 °F.
December · good
In its favour: precipitation 2 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, wet days 0.6 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, wind (daily max) 24 km/h / 15 mph, average daily low 15.2 °C / 59 °F.
Against: average daily high 22.1 °C / 72 °F, feels like (high) 22.8 °C / 73 °F.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is אתר סקי הר החרמון, Mount Hermon ski resort, Centro de esquí Monte Hermón, 6620 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Feels like (high)	24.6 °C	25.1 °C	24.9 °C	23.7 °C	22.4 °C	20.5 °C	20.1 °C	18.1 °C	18.4 °C	19.7 °C	21.5 °C	22.8 °C
Days with heavy rain	0.1 days	0.1 days	0.2 days	0.1 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days
Time rain usually falls	8 am	1 am	8 pm	11 pm	7 pm	8 am	5 am	1 pm	4 am	12 am	8 pm	7 am
Sunshine per day	12.1 h	11.9 h	11.6 h	11.1 h	10.2 h	9.9 h	10.1 h	10.6 h	11.4 h	11.8 h	12.2 h	12.5 h
Relative humidity	78%	78%	76%	72%	66%	60%	59%	70%	76%	77%	77%	78%
Wet days	1.6 days	1.4 days	1 days	0.5 days	0.1 days	0 days	0 days	0.1 days	0.1 days	0 days	0.1 days	0.6 days
Daylight per day	13.3 h	12.8 h	12.2 h	11.6 h	11 h	10.8 h	10.9 h	11.4 h	12 h	12.6 h	13.2 h	13.5 h
Days with snow	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days
Snowfall	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Wind (daily mean)	13 km/h	13 km/h	13 km/h	13 km/h	13 km/h	14 km/h	15 km/h	14 km/h	14 km/h	14 km/h	14 km/h	14 km/h
Wind gusts (daily max)	38 km/h	38 km/h	39 km/h	37 km/h	36 km/h	37 km/h	38 km/h	38 km/h	40 km/h	41 km/h	41 km/h	39 km/h

Sea temperature

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature 2022–2025	17.8 °C	17.9 °C	16.6 °C	15.7 °C	15.7 °C	14.8 °C	14.2 °C	13.9 °C	14 °C	14.8 °C	16.4 °C	17.5 °C
Sea temperature (daily max) 2022–2025	18.2 °C	18.3 °C	17 °C	16.1 °C	16 °C	15 °C	14.4 °C	14.1 °C	14.3 °C	15.1 °C	16.7 °C	17.8 °C

Very cold 10 °C or less
Cold 10 to 15 °C
Cool 15 to 20 °C
Comfortable 20 to 25 °C
Warm 25 to 28 °C
Very warm over 28 °C

The words describe how the water feels to swim in. They are ours, not an official standard.

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–2025	7.8 µg/m³	6.8 µg/m³	5.6 µg/m³	5.7 µg/m³	5.2 µg/m³	4.5 µg/m³	4.8 µg/m³	5.1 µg/m³	6.7 µg/m³	7.1 µg/m³	7.4 µg/m³	7.6 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–2025	10.1 µg/m³	8.9 µg/m³	7.8 µg/m³	7.7 µg/m³	8.5 µg/m³	7.5 µg/m³	7.9 µg/m³	7.7 µg/m³	9.5 µg/m³	9.6 µg/m³	9.9 µg/m³	9.9 µg/m³

Good 15 µg/m³ or less
Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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