Windhoek
-22.559° S
17.083° E · 1656 M
99
/100
PEAK
PEAK
A genuinely good night — 11 hours of clear, dark sky from 20:00.
BEST WINDOW 20:00–07:00 · ASTRO DARK 20:00–07:00 · MOON 0%
Transparency
1.00
Seeing
0.95
Cloud
0%
Moon
0%
Excellent tonight
Hour by hour, local to Windhoek. Colour encodes the score and nothing else; every other measurement is luminance.
Sky state
Lighter = daylight and twilight ·
unshaded = astronomical dark
Score
18
19
20
21
22
23
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
BEST WINDOW
Low cloud
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Mid cloud
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
High cloud
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Transparency
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.98
0.93
0.90
Seeing
0.83
0.93
0.88
0.95
0.83
0.73
0.74
0.79
0.74
0.70
0.72
0.74
0.77
0.81
Moon clear
0%
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Inspect
Cloud tracks show clear sky — a longer bar is better. The figure inside each track is the raw measurement.
Why this hour scored what it did
18
Clouded out · 0/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−0
Transparency
−0
Seeing
−4
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−96
Score
0
CLOUD 0%
LOW 0%
MID 0%
HIGH 0%
SUN 6.9°
MOON 7.2° / 0%
WIND 4
TEMP 20°
19
Clouded out · 3/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−0
Transparency
−0
Seeing
−2
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−95
Score
3
CLOUD 0%
LOW 0%
MID 0%
HIGH 0%
SUN -6.3°
MOON -5.6° / 0%
WIND 3
TEMP 17°
20
Excellent · 97/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−0
Transparency
−0
Seeing
−3
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
97
CLOUD 0%
LOW 0%
MID 0%
HIGH 0%
SUN -19.9°
MOON -18.6° / 0%
WIND 3
TEMP 15°
21
Excellent · 99/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−0
Transparency
−0
Seeing
−1
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
99
CLOUD 0%
LOW 0%
MID 0%
HIGH 0%
SUN -33.7°
MOON -31.8° / 0%
WIND 3
TEMP 14°
22
Excellent · 96/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−0
Transparency
−0
Seeing
−4
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
96
CLOUD 0%
LOW 0%
MID 0%
HIGH 0%
SUN -47.6°
MOON -45.0° / 0%
WIND 4
TEMP 13°
23
Excellent · 93/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−0
Transparency
−0
Seeing
−7
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
93
CLOUD 0%
LOW 0%
MID 0%
HIGH 0%
SUN -61.3°
MOON -58.3° / 0%
WIND 5
TEMP 13°
00
Excellent · 94/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−0
Transparency
−0
Seeing
−7
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
94
CLOUD 0%
LOW 0%
MID 0%
HIGH 0%
SUN -74.5°
MOON -71.2° / 0%
WIND 5
TEMP 12°
01
Excellent · 95/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−0
Transparency
−0
Seeing
−5
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
95
CLOUD 0%
LOW 0%
MID 0%
HIGH 0%
SUN -82.3°
MOON -81.2° / 0%
WIND 4
TEMP 11°
02
Excellent · 94/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−0
Transparency
−0
Seeing
−7
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
94
CLOUD 0%
LOW 0%
MID 0%
HIGH 0%
SUN -73.2°
MOON -76.8° / 0%
WIND 5
TEMP 10°
03
Excellent · 93/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−0
Transparency
−0
Seeing
−8
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
93
CLOUD 0%
LOW 0%
MID 0%
HIGH 0%
SUN -59.9°
MOON -64.5° / 0%
WIND 5
TEMP 10°
04
Excellent · 93/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−0
Transparency
−0
Seeing
−7
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
93
CLOUD 0%
LOW 0%
MID 0%
HIGH 0%
SUN -46.1°
MOON -51.3° / 0%
WIND 5
TEMP 9°
05
Excellent · 93/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−0
Transparency
−1
Seeing
−6
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
93
CLOUD 0%
LOW 0%
MID 0%
HIGH 0%
SUN -32.3°
MOON -37.8° / 0%
WIND 5
TEMP 9°
06
Excellent · 92/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−0
Transparency
−3
Seeing
−6
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
92
CLOUD 0%
LOW 0%
MID 0%
HIGH 0%
SUN -18.5°
MOON -24.4° / 0%
WIND 4
TEMP 8°
07
Clouded out · 0/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−0
Transparency
−4
Seeing
−5
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−92
Score
0
CLOUD 0%
LOW 0%
MID 0%
HIGH 0%
SUN -4.9°
MOON -11.1° / 0%
WIND 4
TEMP 8°
Excellent 75+
Good 55+
Fair 35+
Poor 15+
Not worth it
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About this forecast
Conditions for Windhoek, Namibia are computed from the MET Norway forecast model for these exact coordinates, combined with sun and moon positions we calculate directly. The score weighs cloud cover by layer, atmospheric transparency, estimated seeing, moonlight and how dark the sky actually gets. Read the full method →