Best: May-Jun, Aug-Sep · Great: Apr, Oct
It stays hot year-round here, but swings between a heavy monsoon centered on February and a markedly drier stretch around June. In May, expect highs around 24°C with rain on roughly 1 day of the month.
Wildlife gathers at waterholes in Etosha, and dune-climbing in Sossusvlei is more comfortable in the cooler air.
Try game meat specialties and German-influenced baked goods, a legacy of colonial-era settlement.
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
Expect warm days around 30°/17°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 29°/17°C, with very wet conditions (~16 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 28°/16°C, with frequent rain (~12 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 26°/13°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 24°/9°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 22°/6°C, with mostly dry conditions (~0 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 22°/6°C, with mostly dry conditions (~0 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 25°/8°C, with mostly dry conditions (~0 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 28°/11°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 30°/14°C, with mostly dry conditions (~3 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 29°/16°C, with occasional rain (~7 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 30°/17°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).