Windhoek Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 32°C on December 1 to 32°C on December 31, and lows from 16°C to 17°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 50 mm over about 9 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high: 32°C
Average low: 16°C
Precipitation: 50 mm
Reanalysis high: 38°CDec 20, 1994
Reanalysis low: 8°CDec 16, 2010
Daylight: 13 h 25 min to 13 h 29 min
Cloud cover: 53%
Humidity: 34%
Dew point: 5°C
Wind: 14.0 km/h

Every day of the month

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

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
Dec 1	32°C	16°C	36°C 2016	11°C 1995	33%
Dec 2	32°C	16°C	36°C 2016	9°C 2001	34%
Dec 3	32°C	16°C	35°C 1992	10°C 2001	33%
Dec 4	32°C	16°C	36°C 1996	10°C 2001	32%
Dec 5	32°C	16°C	36°C 1997	11°C 2001	31%
Dec 6	32°C	16°C	36°C 1997	13°C 2007	30%
Dec 7	32°C	16°C	36°C 1997	12°C 2004	30%
Dec 8	32°C	16°C	37°C 1997	10°C 2018	30%
Dec 9	32°C	16°C	37°C 1997	10°C 2018	28%
Dec 10	32°C	16°C	36°C 1997	11°C 2019	28%
Dec 11	33°C	16°C	35°C 2009	11°C 2000	28%
Dec 12	33°C	16°C	36°C 2009	11°C 2002	27%
Dec 13	33°C	16°C	36°C 2018	11°C 2015	26%
Dec 14	33°C	16°C	36°C 2018	8°C 2011	25%
Dec 15	33°C	16°C	37°C 2003	9°C 2011	25%
Dec 16	33°C	16°C	36°C 2006	8°C 2010	25%
Dec 17	33°C	16°C	37°C 2009	9°C 2010	25%
Dec 18	33°C	17°C	37°C 2009	11°C 1995	25%
Dec 19	33°C	17°C	38°C 2009	12°C 1995	26%
Dec 20	33°C	17°C	38°C 1994	10°C 2005	27%
Dec 21	33°C	17°C	37°C 1994	10°C 2005	28%
Dec 22	33°C	17°C	37°C 1994	13°C 2005	30%
Dec 23	33°C	17°C	36°C 2015	10°C 1995	30%
Dec 24	33°C	17°C	36°C 2014	9°C 1995	31%
Dec 25	33°C	17°C	36°C 2018	9°C 2001	32%
Dec 26	33°C	17°C	37°C 2018	10°C 1995	34%
Dec 27	32°C	17°C	36°C 2001	11°C 1995	36%
Dec 28	32°C	17°C	36°C 2001	11°C 2008	36%
Dec 29	32°C	17°C	36°C 1994	9°C 2008	37%
Dec 30	32°C	17°C	36°C 1995	10°C 1996	37%
Dec 31	32°C	17°C	37°C 2001	8°C 1996	37%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1: sunrise 5:58 AM, sunset 7:23 PM
December 31: sunrise 6:10 AM, sunset 7:39 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.