Worst time to visit Swakopmund
Some months in Swakopmund are clearly tougher for travel — extreme heat, cold, drenching rain, or peak storm season. Here's what to skip.
Swakopmund doesn't have any clearly "bad" months
The climate stays reasonably comfortable year-round — no extreme heat, cold, rain, or storm season is recorded in our data. Worth visiting any time of year. The hottest month (April) peaks at 25°C / 76°F; the coldest (August) drops to 10°C overnight — nothing extreme either way.
Better times to go
Better months: January (24°C, 2 rain days) · February (24°C, 1 rain days) · March (24°C, 1 rain days) · April (25°C, 1 rain days) · May (25°C, 0 rain days) · June (24°C, 0 rain days) · July (24°C, 0 rain days) · August (21°C, 0 rain days) · September (20°C, 0 rain days) · October (21°C, 0 rain days) · November (22°C, 0 rain days) · December (22°C, 0 rain days)
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