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Grootfontein

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Climate normals · 2016–2025

When to go: Grootfontein month by month

Judged purely on 2016–2025 weather records, the friendliest months in Grootfontein are typically May, June and July, with average daytime highs around 23–25°C. October is usually the warmest month (average high 33°C), July the coldest (average low 9°C), and January the wettest (about 131 mm). These are long-run averages, not a forecast.

Monthly averages computed from 2016–2025 Open-Meteo historical weather records for this location. Long-run averages, not a forecast.
Month	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)	Rain (mm)	Sunshine (h/day)
January	29.5	18.7	131	10.7
February	29.0	18.5	117	10.5
March	27.8	17.4	78	10.8
April	26.6	15.3	32	10.8
May	25.1	11.9	0	10.7
June	22.8	8.8	0	10.5
July	23.2	8.5	0	10.6
August	27.2	11.5	0	11.2
September	31.1	15.4	0	11.3
October	32.9	18.1	16	11.6
November	32.2	19.0	29	12.1
December	31.2	19.2	82	11.7

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Previously

Documented history · 1885
In 1885, 40 Boer families from the north-west of South Africa settled at Grootfontein.
Documented history · 1887
Abandoned by 1887, it became the headquarters of the South West Africa Company in 1893.
Documented history · 1908
In 1908, the Roman Catholic Church established a mission in Grootfontein as the basis of their eventually successful attempt to establish missions in Kavango.
Boer family settlement
In 1885, 40 Boer families from the north-west of South Africa settled at Grootfontein.
South West Africa Company headquarters
After being abandoned by 1887, Grootfontein became the headquarters of the South West Africa Company in 1893.

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Grootfontein, in brief

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02 · History