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When to go to Rundu
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What the averages say
On these averages, Rundu has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in February to August.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in April to August.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): September to December.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): January.
- The warmest month is October (37°C) and the coolest July (26°C). The wettest is January (172 mm) and the driest June (0 mm); about 580 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanWet
- FebMild–warm, mixed
- MarMild–warm, mixed
- AprMild–warm, dry
- MayMild–warm, dry
- JunMild–warm, dry
- JulMild–warm, dry
- AugMild–warm, dry
- SeptHot
- OctHot
- NovHot
- DecHot
Month by month
Every month in Rundu
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°C | 20°C | 172 mm | 61% | 77% | 6.4 | 23°C | Wet |
| February | 31°C | 20°C | 112 mm | 64% | 73% | 6.3 | 24°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| March | 31°C | 19°C | 95 mm | 62% | 66% | 5.8 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 30°C | 17°C | 29 mm | 51% | 45% | 5.7 | 31°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 29°C | 12°C | 2 mm | 37% | 27% | 5.5 | 35°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| June | 26°C | 9°C | 0 mm | 34% | 22% | 5.1 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| July | 26°C | 8°C | 0 mm | 31% | 20% | 5.2 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| August | 30°C | 11°C | 0 mm | 24% | 18% | 5.8 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| September | 34°C | 16°C | 1 mm | 20% | 20% | 6.4 | 37°C | Hot |
| October | 37°C | 20°C | 8 mm | 24% | 41% | 6.8 | 34°C | Hot |
| November | 35°C | 21°C | 55 mm | 41% | 65% | 6.5 | 29°C | Hot |
| December | 33°C | 21°C | 106 mm | 54% | 76% | 6.5 | 25°C | Hot |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
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