Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Windhoek, Namibia
- Mean hours of sunshine in Windhoek range from 8h 59' for each day in February to 11h 00' for every day in August.
- The longest day of the year is 13h 23' long and the shortest day is 10h 36' long.
- The longest day is 2h 46' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 3605 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 9:52 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 82.2% of daylight hours. The remaining 17.8% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 66.6° above the horizon at Windhoek.
| Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 10h 30' | 11h 00' | 10h 42' | 10h 17' | 9h 54' | 9h 11' | 9h 17' | 8h 59' | 9h 05' | 9h 06' | 10h 00' | 10h 18' | 9h 52' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 10h 53' | 11h 21' | 12h 00' | 12h 40' | 13h 13' | 13h 29' | 13h 20' | 12h 53' | 12h 15' | 11h 35' | 11h 02' | 10h 46' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 98 (2) | 98 (2) | 90 (10) | 82 (18) | 76 (24) | 69 (31) | 70 (30) | 70 (30) | 75 (25) | 79 (21) | 92 (8) | 97 (3) | 82 (18) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 47 | 55.4 | 66.7 | 77.6 | 85.8 | 89 | 86.2 | 77.5 | 67.1 | 55.5 | 47.2 | 44 | 66.6 |