Rehoboth weather in August

In August, Rehoboth sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 90% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Rehoboth's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rehoboth's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
7:20 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover
10%
3rd clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
9.5
out of 10

Rehoboth is town in Namibia.

Density
53/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical August day in Rehoboth 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 20°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C warmer than July and about 4°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Rehoboth

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Rehoboth weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

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

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 90% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 4%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1973
2973
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Rehoboth gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.2 wet days in August. 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.

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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.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 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 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:30 AM to 7:07 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:37 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.97:306:25
210.97:306:25
310.97:296:26
411.07:296:26
511.07:286:27
611.07:276:27
711.07:276:28
811.07:266:28
911.17:256:28
1011.17:256:29
1111.17:246:29
1211.17:236:30
1311.17:226:30
1411.17:226:31
1511.27:216:31
1611.27:206:31
1711.27:196:32
1811.27:196:32
1911.27:186:32
2011.37:176:33
2111.37:166:33
2211.37:156:34
2311.37:146:34
2411.47:136:34
2511.47:126:35
2611.47:116:35
2711.47:106:35
2811.47:106:36
2911.57:096:36
3011.57:086:36
3111.57:076:37

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.57 kWh/m² to a high of 8.26 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 5.69 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
25.2Bright
35.3Bright
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55.3Bright
65.3Bright
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236.0Bright
246.0Bright
256.0Intense
266.1Intense
276.1Intense
286.1Intense
296.2Intense
306.2Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Rehoboth?

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
8.2
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Rehoboth in August

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Rehoboth in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

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

Air quality in Rehoboth 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 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
Location & terrain

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
August weather 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).