Walvis Bay Weather in January
Walvis Bay in January
The short of it: Walvis Bay in January averages a high of 25 °C (78 °F) and a low of 17 °C (62 °F), with 4.0 mm (0.16 in) of rain and about 13 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 17° · rain 4.0 mm · daylight 13 h 24 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & November
January in Walvis Bay brings afternoons near 25° and nights around 17°, with about 4.0 mm of rain over the month. No month in Walvis Bay runs warmer: highs about 25°. Rain is scarce, about 4.0 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 24 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates January 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and November.
Against its neighbours, Walvis Bay runs cooler than most and drier than most in January. Swakopmund, 31 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
January in Walvis Bay, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 2° warmer, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus February
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SwakopmundErongo Region | 31 km N | 26° | 17° | 5.0 mm |
| ArandisErongo Region | 77 km NE | 30° | 17° | 14 mm |
| Henties BayErongo Region | 96 km NNW | 27° | 18° | 6.0 mm |
| UsakosErongo Region | 154 km NE | 33° | 19° | 36 mm |
| KaribibErongo Region | 179 km NE | 33° | 18° | 55 mm |
| OtjimbingweErongo Region | 180 km ENE | 33° | 19° | 44 mm |
| OkombaheErongo Region | 199 km NNE | 33° | 18° | 45 mm |
| OmaruruErongo Region | 226 km NE | 32° | 17° | 72 mm |