Walvis Bay weather in June

In June, Walvis Bay sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 88% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of June to 10 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Walvis Bay's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Walvis Bay's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 7:44 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 14%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.7; out of 10

Walvis Bay is city and harbour in Erongo Region, Namibia.

Founded: 1840

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

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical June day in Walvis Bay reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs on par with May and on par with July.

	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
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	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

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

Walvis Bay weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 17°	3	0.6	13.3	8.0
Feb	21° / 17°	4	0.8	12.8	8.1
Mar	21° / 17°	3	0.5	12.2	8.4
Apr	21° / 16°	3	0.5	11.5	8.6
May	20° / 15°	1	0.2	10.9	8.7
Jun	20° / 14°	0	0.1	10.6	8.7
Jul	20° / 13°	1	0.1	10.7	8.6
Aug	18° / 12°	0	0.1	11.2	7.8
Sep	17° / 12°	1	0.2	11.9	7.4
Oct	18° / 13°	0	0	12.5	7.6
Nov	19° / 14°	0	0.1	13.1	7.9
Dec	19° / 15°	1	0.1	13.4	8.0

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 88% of the time in June.

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

	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
Clearer (%)	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	94
Cloudier (%)	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Walvis Bay gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in June. 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
Rain chance (%)	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	0	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
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	1
28	1
29	1
30	1

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 99% 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
Dry (%)	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

Wind in June

Winds average 16 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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
Wind speed (km/h)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17
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

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

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of June to 10 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 7:39 AM to 7:47 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:23 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
Daylight (h)	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:40	7:40	7:41	7:41	7:42	7:42	7:42	7:43	7:43	7:43	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:46	7:46	7:46	7:46	7:46	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47
Sunset (PM)	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	7:39	6:20
2	10.7	7:39	6:20
3	10.7	7:39	6:20
4	10.7	7:40	6:20
5	10.7	7:40	6:20
6	10.7	7:41	6:20
7	10.6	7:41	6:20
8	10.6	7:42	6:20
9	10.6	7:42	6:20
10	10.6	7:42	6:20
11	10.6	7:43	6:20
12	10.6	7:43	6:20
13	10.6	7:43	6:20
14	10.6	7:44	6:20
15	10.6	7:44	6:20
16	10.6	7:44	6:20
17	10.6	7:45	6:20
18	10.6	7:45	6:20
19	10.6	7:45	6:21
20	10.6	7:45	6:21
21	10.6	7:46	6:21
22	10.6	7:46	6:21
23	10.6	7:46	6:21
24	10.6	7:46	6:22
25	10.6	7:46	6:22
26	10.6	7:47	6:22
27	10.6	7:47	6:22
28	10.6	7:47	6:23
29	10.6	7:47	6:23
30	10.6	7:47	6:23

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.3 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.3 kWh/m² to a high of 7.99 kWh/m² in December across the year — June's 4.3 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3
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	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.4	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Walvis Bay?

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

8.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

June is one of the better times to visit Walvis Bay for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Walvis Bay in June

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

In June, Walvis Bay sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 14°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

Sea temperature near Walvis Bay in June

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in June — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 16 km away) is warmest in February at about 18°C and coldest in August near 13°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	18	18	18	16	15	14	14	13	13	14	15	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	18	Cool
Feb	18	Cool
Mar	18	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	15	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	14	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	15	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Walvis Bay in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Walvis Bay peaks around January 15 at about 14 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	13	13	9	7	5	6	7	9	11	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	5	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Walvis Bay in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Walvis Bay is worst in July — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 7.8× the cleanest month (January, 5 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)	5	6	5	9	24	33	36	25	11	7	6	5
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	5	Good
Feb	6	Good
Mar	5	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	24	Moderate
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	36	Poor
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	11	Good
Oct	7	Good
Nov	6	Good
Dec	5	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Walvis Bay?

Walvis Bay sits at 23.0°S, 14.5°E, 6 m above sea level, in Namibia. The nearest listed city is Swakopmund, 31 km away.

Topography around Walvis Bay

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Walvis Bay has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 14 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 130 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 873 m.

The land around Walvis Bay is covered by bare terrain (37%), artificial surfaces (31%) and water (28%) within 3 km, bare terrain (53%) and water (43%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (65%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

14 m

bare terrain 37%

16 km

130 m

bare terrain 53%

80 km

873 m

bare terrain 65%

shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← May Walvis Bay year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Swakopmund 31 km · Katutura 266 km · Rehoboth 267 km · Windhoek 268 km · Okahandja 269 km · Otjiwarongo 355 km · Mariental 398 km · Lüderitz 416 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 Walvis Bay (-22.9575°, 14.5053°, elevation 6 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	20	14
2	20	14
3	20	14
4	20	14
5	20	14
6	20	14
7	20	14
8	20	14
9	20	14
10	20	14
11	20	14
12	20	14
13	20	14
14	20	14
15	20	14
16	20	14
17	20	14
18	20	14
19	20	14
20	20	14
21	20	14
22	20	14
23	20	14
24	20	14
25	20	14
26	20	14
27	20	14
28	20	14
29	20	14
30	20	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
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	1
28	1
29	1
30	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
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	1
28	1
29	1
30	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
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	1
28	1
29	1
30	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0