Mariental weather in August

In August, Mariental sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 91% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Mariental's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mariental's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 7:18 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 9%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.5; out of 10

Mariental is town in Namibia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical August day in Mariental reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 17°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C warmer than July and about 4°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	7
2	24	7
3	24	7
4	24	7
5	24	7
6	24	7
7	24	7
8	24	8
9	24	8
10	24	8
11	25	8
12	25	8
13	25	8
14	25	8
15	25	8
16	25	8
17	25	8
18	25	8
19	25	9
20	26	9
21	26	9
22	26	9
23	26	9
24	26	9
25	26	9
26	27	10
27	27	10
28	27	10
29	27	10
30	27	10
31	27	10

How August really feels in Mariental

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Mariental weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 22°	44	7.4	13.4	3.3
Feb	33° / 22°	53	8	12.9	3.7
Mar	32° / 20°	30	5.6	12.2	4.7
Apr	29° / 16°	17	3.4	11.4	6.8
May	26° / 11°	3	0.6	10.8	9.0
Jun	23° / 7°	1	0.3	10.5	9.5
Jul	23° / 6°	1	0.3	10.6	9.4
Aug	25° / 8°	0	0.1	11.1	9.5
Sep	29° / 13°	2	0.3	11.8	7.4
Oct	32° / 17°	6	1.1	12.6	5.3
Nov	33° / 19°	9	2.1	13.2	4.3
Dec	35° / 21°	25	3.7	13.5	3.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 91% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 4%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96
Cloudier (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mariental gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:29 AM to 7:04 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 6:32 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:29	7:28	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:26	7:25	7:24	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04
Sunset (PM)	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	7:29	6:19
2	10.9	7:28	6:20
3	10.9	7:28	6:20
4	10.9	7:27	6:21
5	10.9	7:26	6:21
6	10.9	7:26	6:22
7	11.0	7:25	6:22
8	11.0	7:24	6:23
9	11.0	7:24	6:23
10	11.0	7:23	6:24
11	11.0	7:22	6:24
12	11.1	7:21	6:25
13	11.1	7:21	6:25
14	11.1	7:20	6:25
15	11.1	7:19	6:26
16	11.1	7:18	6:26
17	11.2	7:17	6:27
18	11.2	7:16	6:27
19	11.2	7:16	6:28
20	11.2	7:15	6:28
21	11.2	7:14	6:28
22	11.3	7:13	6:29
23	11.3	7:12	6:29
24	11.3	7:11	6:30
25	11.3	7:10	6:30
26	11.4	7:09	6:30
27	11.4	7:08	6:31
28	11.4	7:07	6:31
29	11.4	7:06	6:32
30	11.4	7:05	6:32
31	11.5	7:04	6:32

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.31 kWh/m² to a high of 8.54 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 5.49 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	6.0	Bright
29	6.0	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Mariental?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

9.5

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.4

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Mariental for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Mariental in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Mariental sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mariental in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mariental peaks around January 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	16	14	13	9	7	5	6	8	10	13	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	5	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Mariental in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Mariental is worst in December — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (April, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	11	10	9	9	12	12	12	13	14	15	15
Level	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Moderate
Feb	11	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	12	Good
Jul	12	Moderate
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Mariental?

Mariental sits at 24.6°S, 18.0°E, 0 m above sea level, in Namibia. The nearest listed city is Rehoboth, 171 km away.

Topography around Mariental

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Mariental.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mariental has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 1,105 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 454 m.

The land around Mariental is covered by bare terrain (35%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, grassland (52%) and bare terrain (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (71%) within 80 km.

3 km

44 m

bare terrain 35%

16 km

150 m

grassland 52%

80 km

454 m

grassland 71%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland

← July Mariental year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Rehoboth 171 km · Keetmanshoop 217 km · Windhoek 247 km · Katutura 251 km · Gobabis 263 km · Okahandja 314 km · Lüderitz 360 km · Walvis Bay 398 km

Namibia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / M; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,876; 2025
Happiness: 4.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 11.2; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 34.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Mariental (-24.6271°, 17.9647°, elevation 0 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	7
2	24	7
3	24	7
4	24	7
5	24	7
6	24	7
7	24	7
8	24	8
9	24	8
10	24	8
11	25	8
12	25	8
13	25	8
14	25	8
15	25	8
16	25	8
17	25	8
18	25	8
19	25	9
20	26	9
21	26	9
22	26	9
23	26	9
24	26	9
25	26	9
26	27	10
27	27	10
28	27	10
29	27	10
30	27	10
31	27	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	7
2	24	7
3	24	7
4	24	7
5	24	7
6	24	7
7	24	7
8	24	8
9	24	8
10	24	8
11	25	8
12	25	8
13	25	8
14	25	8
15	25	8
16	25	8
17	25	8
18	25	8
19	25	9
20	26	9
21	26	9
22	26	9
23	26	9
24	26	9
25	26	9
26	27	10
27	27	10
28	27	10
29	27	10
30	27	10
31	27	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	7
2	24	7
3	24	7
4	24	7
5	24	7
6	24	7
7	24	7
8	24	8
9	24	8
10	24	8
11	25	8
12	25	8
13	25	8
14	25	8
15	25	8
16	25	8
17	25	8
18	25	8
19	25	9
20	26	9
21	26	9
22	26	9
23	26	9
24	26	9
25	26	9
26	27	10
27	27	10
28	27	10
29	27	10
30	27	10
31	27	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100