Windhoek
Capital of Namibia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Windhoek-Skyline: Bries, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Windhoek is the capital of Namibia, in Khomas Region. About 386,219 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Namibia in our atlas.
It lies at 22.56° S, 17.08° E, about 1,700 m (5,577 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Windhoek time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Windhoek. Green dots: other major cities of Namibia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Windhoek has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Dec, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 4°C (39°F). Around 443 mm (17 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Feb.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in NamibiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3352136 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3935 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Windhoek-Skyline: Bries, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Windhuk Alte Feste Innenhof Südwester-Reiter 5: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Zoo Park, Windhoek Mike Krüger 140410 1: Mike Krüger, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- National Museum of Namibia: IUM 240052021, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bahnhof Windhoek: Lonelyplanet, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
- Windhoek-269058 1920: elvirahattingh1, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
