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Due to the cold Benguela Current along the Atlantic coast the temperatures drop strongly compared to other areas of the country. Here the climate differentiates drastically from the rest of the country.
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The closer one gets to the Atlantic coast the less the rainfall. Sandwich Harbour at the Namibian coast - Where dunes and ocean meet For some visitors these high fluctuations are rather challenging. At night temperatures may drop below 0° C though. In winter temperatures still reach a pleasant 20° C to 25° C. Temperatures may rise above 40☌ in summer, sometimes even up to 50☌. In the desert areas, the Namib and the Kalahari, only little rainfall can be expected, with the Kalahari receiveng higher rainfalls than the Namib. Of this 296 mm of rain were received from January until May, 5.2 mm from June to September and 76 mm from October to December. The annual precipitation average of the last 20 years for Windhoek is 370 mm. Usually no rainfall occurs between June and September. The average day temperatures lie at 30° C in January to 20° C in July and between 17° C in January and 7° C in June at night. Due to its altitude of 1700 metres on average (at Windhoek even up to 2000m) this highland has moderate temperatures and average rainfalls. Central highlands around Windhoekīetween the Kalahari in the east and the Namib Desert in the west lies the Namibian central highland with the capital Windhoek in its centre. During the summer months the Caprivi has an average of 8 – 10 rainy days a month, whilst during the months of June to August hardly any precipitation is received. In winter the day temperature rises to a cosy 28° C, but at night the temperature can drop to 7° C or even 1° C. During the summer months the average temperature lies at 35° C during the day, dropping to about 20° C at night. Rivers and swamps are plentiful and dominate the landscape. Here the humidity is also the highest and a hot tropically humid climate dominates, making the region the greenest in the country. The Caprivi Strip (and also the Kavango area) in the northeast has the highest rainfall with up to 600 mm and in the far northeast even up to 800 mm annually. Buffalo in the Mudumu National Park enjoys the Caprivian weather