Swakopmund climate

Swakopmund Weather in August

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Swakopmund, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 21°C on August 1 to 19°C on August 31, and lows from 13°C to 13°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 0 mm over about 0 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Swakopmund, in °C, with the record for each date.01020304050151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

August at a glance

Average high
20°C
Average low
13°C
Precipitation
0 mm
Record high
42°CAug 16, 2019
Record low
3°CAug 15, 2002
Daylight
11 h 05 min to 11 h 39 min
Cloud cover
42%
Humidity
70%
Dew point
9°C
Wind
14.0 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Aug 121°C13°C36°C 20205°C 20060%
Aug 221°C13°C37°C 20204°C 20240%
Aug 321°C13°C37°C 20204°C 20070%
Aug 421°C13°C36°C 20105°C 20060%
Aug 521°C13°C30°C 20065°C 20040%
Aug 621°C13°C28°C 20153°C 20120%
Aug 720°C13°C35°C 20024°C 20040%
Aug 820°C13°C33°C 20076°C 20130%
Aug 920°C13°C29°C 20195°C 20170%
Aug 1020°C13°C37°C 20105°C 20110%
Aug 1120°C13°C35°C 20106°C 20140%
Aug 1220°C13°C37°C 20105°C 20130%
Aug 1320°C13°C37°C 20105°C 20140%
Aug 1420°C13°C35°C 20105°C 20070%
Aug 1520°C13°C38°C 20193°C 20020%
Aug 1620°C13°C42°C 20195°C 20130%
Aug 1720°C13°C33°C 20065°C 20070%
Aug 1820°C13°C33°C 20063°C 20020%
Aug 1920°C13°C32°C 20193°C 20110%
Aug 2020°C13°C31°C 20204°C 20040%
Aug 2120°C13°C36°C 20227°C 20120%
Aug 2220°C13°C38°C 20206°C 20140%
Aug 2320°C13°C36°C 20206°C 20250%
Aug 2420°C13°C28°C 20075°C 20110%
Aug 2519°C13°C26°C 20236°C 20080%
Aug 2619°C13°C24°C 20134°C 20120%
Aug 2719°C12°C25°C 20105°C 20100%
Aug 2819°C12°C35°C 20235°C 20080%
Aug 2919°C12°C29°C 20215°C 20201%
Aug 3019°C13°C35°C 20144°C 20201%
Aug 3119°C13°C29°C 20066°C 20201%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Swakopmund, in percent.00.20.40.60.811102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

August 1
sunrise 7:36 AM, sunset 6:41 PM
August 31
sunrise 7:13 AM, sunset 6:52 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station WAM00068098, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.