Okahandja weather in January

In January, Okahandja sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 90 mm of rain across 12.6 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Okahandja's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Okahandja's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
4th warmest
Overnight low
19°
12th coldest
Rainfall
90 mm
12.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:25 AM – 7:38 PM
Cloud cover
50%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
7.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Okahandja is city in Namibia.

Founded
1894

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Okahandja reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C warmer than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Okahandja

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 13 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
13
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Okahandja weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 19°9012.613.23.9
Feb31° / 19°7812.112.84.2
Mar30° / 18°6010.112.25.2
Apr28° / 15°23411.57.3
May26° / 11°30.4119.1
Jun23° / 00.110.79.7
Jul23° / 00.110.89.6
Aug26° / 00.111.29.1
Sep30° / 13°30.711.96.7
Oct32° / 16°102.412.55.0
Nov32° / 18°25513.14.5
Dec33° / 19°488.213.33.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16535
26535
36634
46634
56634
66634
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126436
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Okahandja gets around 90 mm of rain over 12.6 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 40% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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939
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 57% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
16615181
26515191
36515191
46416191
56416191
66316201
76217201
86217201
96217201
106118201
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Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:16 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 7:35 PM to 7:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.36:167:35
213.36:167:35
313.36:177:36
413.36:187:36
513.36:187:36
613.36:197:37
713.36:207:37
813.36:207:37
913.36:217:37
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1113.36:227:37
1213.26:237:38
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1413.26:247:38
1513.26:257:38
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1713.26:267:38
1813.26:277:38
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2013.26:287:38
2113.26:297:38
2213.16:297:38
2313.16:307:38
2413.16:317:37
2513.16:317:37
2613.16:327:37
2713.16:337:37
2813.16:337:37
2913.06:347:37
3013.06:357:36
3113.06:357:36

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 7.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.68 kWh/m² to a high of 7.8 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 7.34 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
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297.2Intense
307.2Intense
317.2Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Okahandja?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
6.2
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Okahandja. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Okahandja in January

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

In January, Okahandja sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Okahandja in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Okahandja peaks around January 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 15UV 16Jun 18UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr10Very high
May8Very high
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug9Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec15Extreme

Air quality in Okahandja in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Okahandja is worst in September — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (February, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1416 µg/m³Feb 118 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar8Good
Apr9Good
May9Good
Jun10Good
Jul11Good
Aug15Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Okahandja?

Okahandja sits at 22.0°S, 16.9°E, 1,370 m above sea level, in Namibia. The nearest listed city is Katutura, 62 km away.

RehobothOtjiwarongoGobabisSwakopmundWalvis BayGrootfontein

Topography around Okahandja

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Okahandja has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 1,342 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 499 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,553 m.

The land around Okahandja is covered by shrubs (62%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, shrubs (93%) within 16 km, and shrubs (89%) within 80 km.

3 km
100 m
16 km
499 m
80 km
1,553 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Katutura 62 km · Windhoek 67 km · Rehoboth 150 km · Otjiwarongo 171 km · Gobabis 219 km · Swakopmund 256 km · Walvis Bay 269 km · Grootfontein 295 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
Christian 98%unaffiliated 2%other 1%

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 Okahandja (-21.9814°, 16.9029°, elevation 1,370 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).