Climate and average weather in Rehoboth

In Rehoboth, the summers are hot, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are warm and clear.

Best: mid April to mid September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Rehoboth typically varies from 6°C to 32°C, and is rarely below 1°C or above 35°C. December is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Rehoboth for warm-weather activities is from mid April to mid September.

Hottest
Dec
32°
Coldest
Jul
Wettest
Feb
76 mm
Driest
Jul
0 mm
Rain / yr
290 mm
43 wet days
Daylight
10.6–13.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,391 m
23.3°S
Clearest
Jul
7% cloud

Rehoboth is town in Namibia.

Density
53/km²
people per km²

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

Rehoboth weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid April to mid September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Rehoboth, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 5.3 months, from October 2 to March 11, with daily high temperatures above 30°C. The hottest month of the year in Rehoboth is December, with an average high of 32°C and low of 19°C.

The cool season lasts 2.3 months, from May 29 to August 7, with daily high temperatures below 24°C. The coldest month of the year in Rehoboth is July, with an average low of 6°C and high of 22°C.

Days typically run about 14°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 17°C) in August.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3119
Feb3019
Mar2917
Apr2714
May2510
Jun226
Jul226
Aug258
Sep2812
Oct3116
Nov3117
Dec3219

How hot and cold Rehoboth really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Rehoboth feels like about 32°C (around December 15). About 22 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in December.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan31311919
Feb30301919
Mar29291717
Apr27271414
May2525910
Jun222246
Jul222236
Aug252558
Sep28281212
Oct30311516
Nov31311717
Dec32321919

Average hourly temperature in Rehoboth

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on December afternoons, near 32°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Rehoboth weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 19°688.913.34.7
Feb30° / 19°769.712.85.0
Mar29° / 17°578.512.26.0
Apr27° / 14°243.911.58.0
May25° / 10°30.510.99.3
Jun22° / 10.210.69.3
Jul22° / 00.210.79.3
Aug25° / 00.211.29.5
Sep28° / 12°40.811.97.9
Oct31° / 16°102.112.56.1
Nov31° / 17°173.313.15.4
Dec32° / 19°314.713.44.7

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Rehoboth gets about 290 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.9 months, from around Nov 22 to Apr 18, peaking in February at about 35% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 3.

February is the wettest month by volume, with 76 mm over about 10 wet days; July is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetFeb 16 · 35%Jul 3 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan289
Feb3310
Mar279
Apr134
May21
Jun10
Jul10
Aug10
Sep21
Oct72
Nov113
Dec155

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Rehoboth collects about 290 mm of rain across 43 wet days — roughly 24 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. February is the wettest month with 76 mm, while July is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 69% of the year’s total.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec6876572431004101731
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan689
Feb7610
Mar579
Apr244
May31
Jun10
Jul00
Aug00
Sep41
Oct102
Nov173
Dec315

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Rehoboth, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around April 8 and lasts for 6.9 months, ending around November 2. The clearest month is June, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 97% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 3 and lasts for 5.1 months, ending around April 7. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 26% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJun 13 · 98%Feb 12 · 73%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7426
Feb7426
Mar8218
Apr919
May964
Jun973
Jul973
Aug964
Sep946
Oct9010
Nov8713
Dec8218

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around January 1, brings about 13 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around June 4, only 10 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 2 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan13.36:227:40
Feb12.86:427:30
Mar12.26:567:06
Apr11.57:086:36
May10.97:216:14
Jun10.67:356:09
Jul10.77:366:18
Aug11.27:206:31
Sep11.96:506:42
Oct12.56:206:53
Nov13.16:037:11
Dec13.46:057:31

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Rehoboth averages about 23 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 15 and 29 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.7 months, from around Apr 17 to Oct 7. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 29 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is February, down near 16 sunny days — about 43% fewer than the July peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 1829 daysFeb 1215 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan17Bright
Feb15Bright
Mar20Bright
Apr23Bright
May27Brilliant
Jun28Brilliant
Jul29Brilliant
Aug28Brilliant
Sep25Brilliant
Oct23Bright
Nov21Bright
Dec20Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Rehoboth, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.4 months, from around December 22 to April 4. The muggiest month is February, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 24% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around April 5 to December 21, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 98% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 26 · 100%Feb 20 · 73%humidcomfortabledryhumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan7113160
Feb6116231
Mar6818140
Apr881020
May99100
Jun100000
Jul100000
Aug100000
Sep100000
Oct99100
Nov94510
Dec88840

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Rehoboth is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around May 18 to Dec 2. The windiest month is August, averaging about 15 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Dec 3 to May 17, with March the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeAug 21 · 15 km/hMar 18 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan13light breeze
Feb12calm
Mar11calm
Apr12light breeze
May13light breeze
Jun14light breeze
Jul14light breeze
Aug15light breeze
Sep14light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov14light breeze
Dec13light breeze

Best time to visit Rehoboth

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Rehoboth throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late April, Rehoboth is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Rehoboth for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid April to mid September, with a peak score in the second week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 10 · 9.7

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.7fair
Feb5.0fair
Mar6.0good
Apr7.9ideal
May9.2ideal
Jun9.4ideal
Jul9.3ideal
Aug9.5ideal
Sep7.9ideal
Oct6.1good
Nov5.4fair
Dec4.8fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Rehoboth for hot-weather activities run from early March to early June and again from early August to late December, with a peak score in the third week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 18 · 9.2

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Rehoboth, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around December (highs near 32°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around July (highs near 22°C), pack light clothes, a warm layer and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In December, Rehoboth sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Rehoboth by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rehoboth peaks around January 13 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 13UV 16Jun 18UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr10Very high
May7Very high
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug8Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec15Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Rehoboth

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in January the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan97.5
Feb8.57
Mar8.56.5
Apr75
May63
Jun5.51
Jul62.5
Aug6.54
Sep7.55.5
Oct86
Nov8.57
Dec97.5

Air quality in Rehoboth by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Rehoboth is worst in August — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (January, 12 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateAug 1329 µg/m³Jan 2212 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr19Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep26Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Rehoboth is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun980
Jul970
Aug990
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Rehoboth banks about 3,904 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around December.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan473
Feb408
Mar409
Apr321
May236
Jun130
Jul124
Aug196
Sep307
Oct402
Nov423
Dec475

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Rehoboth receives about 6.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.6 and 8.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Sep 8 to Mar 17. The brightest month is December, averaging about 8.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is June, down near 4.6 kWh/m² — roughly 44% less than the December peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseDec 158.3 kWhJun 234.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan7.8Intense
Feb7.1Intense
Mar6.5Intense
Apr5.7Bright
May5.0Bright
Jun4.6Bright
Jul4.8Bright
Aug5.7Bright
Sep6.8Intense
Oct7.7Intense
Nov8.1Intense
Dec8.3Intense

Where is Rehoboth?

Rehoboth sits at 23.3°S, 17.1°E, 1,391 m above sea level, in Namibia. The nearest listed city is Windhoek, 84 km away.

WindhoekKatuturaOkahandjaMarientalGobabisWalvis BaySwakopmundOtjiwarongo

Topography around Rehoboth

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rehoboth has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 168 m around an average of 1,395 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 371 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,311 m.

The land around Rehoboth is covered by grassland (38%), shrubs (32%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and shrubs (38%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and shrubs (44%) within 80 km.

3 km
168 m
16 km
371 m
80 km
1,311 m
shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
Nearby: Windhoek 84 km · Katutura 88 km · Okahandja 150 km · Mariental 171 km · Gobabis 215 km · Walvis Bay 267 km · Swakopmund 272 km · Otjiwarongo 321 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 Rehoboth (-23.317°, 17.09°, elevation 1,391 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).