Rehoboth weather in December

In December, Rehoboth sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 31 mm of rain across 4.7 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-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 65% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of December to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Rehoboth's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rehoboth's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
1st warmest
Overnight low
19°
10th coldest
Rainfall
31 mm
4.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
6:05 AM – 7:31 PM
Cloud cover
32%
9th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
8.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
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 December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical December day in Rehoboth reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C warmer than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 22 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
22
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Rehoboth weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 1st-warmest and 4th-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 December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18515
28416
38416
48416
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68416
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Rehoboth gets around 31 mm of rain over 4.7 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 15% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
115
216
316
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516
616
716
815
915
1015
1114
1214
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1712
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2013
2114
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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 88% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19082
28992
38992
48992
58992
68992
78992
89082
99082
109172
119172
129172
139262
149262
159163
169163
179163
189163
199163
209064
219064
228875
238875
248686
258686
268497
278398
288398
2981109
3081109
31801010

Wind in December

Winds average 13 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of December to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:01 AM to 6:12 AM, and sunset from 7:21 PM to 7:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.36:017:21
213.36:027:22
313.46:027:23
413.46:027:23
513.46:027:24
613.46:027:25
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2013.46:077:33
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 8.26 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

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 — December's 8.26 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
18.2Intense
28.2Intense
38.2Intense
48.2Intense
58.2Intense
68.2Intense
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318.1Intense
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Rehoboth?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
7.6
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Rehoboth for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Rehoboth in December

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

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.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Rehoboth in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 15 (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 December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December 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
December 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).