Bocoio climate

Name: Bocoio
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Bocoio is warmest in September, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 13 °C. March is the wettest month (245 mm) and July the driest (0.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bocoio averages 1,290 mm of rain and 341 days above 25 °C.

Angola · population 164,685 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month September 29 °C
Coldest month July 13 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month March 245 mm
Least cloud June 16 % cloud
Hottest on record August 35 °C
Coldest on record June 7.2 °C

What to expectBocoio through the year

Bocoio has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in July to 29 °C in September, a swing of 3.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 341 days a year reach 25 °C, 37 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 245 mm against 0 mm in July — 2,099 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.6 °C	136 mm	87 %
February	27.2 °C	152 mm	86 %
March	27.1 °C	245 mm	87 %
April	28.0 °C	156 mm	70 %
May	28.8 °C	14 mm	35 %
June	28.3 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
July	28.3 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
August	28.5 °C	2 mm	26 %
September	29.3 °C	25 mm	38 %
October	29.0 °C	131 mm	66 %
November	26.9 °C	234 mm	83 %
December	26.1 °C	194 mm	89 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.6 °C	17.9 °C	21.6 °C	31.3 °C	10.7 °C	25	0
February	27.2 °C	18.2 °C	22.0 °C	32.7 °C	12.6 °C	25	2
March	27.1 °C	18.8 °C	22.2 °C	32.0 °C	12.9 °C	28	1
April	28.0 °C	18.8 °C	22.6 °C	31.6 °C	13.3 °C	29	2
May	28.8 °C	16.6 °C	22.1 °C	32.1 °C	11.3 °C	31	5
June	28.3 °C	13.5 °C	20.1 °C	32.7 °C	7.2 °C	30	3
July	28.3 °C	12.8 °C	19.6 °C	32.3 °C	7.8 °C	31	3
August	28.5 °C	13.8 °C	20.0 °C	34.8 °C	10.1 °C	31	5
September	29.3 °C	15.7 °C	21.3 °C	34.0 °C	11.2 °C	30	7
October	29.0 °C	18.3 °C	22.4 °C	33.3 °C	13.6 °C	31	7
November	26.9 °C	18.9 °C	22.0 °C	32.6 °C	13.9 °C	27	1
December	26.1 °C	18.4 °C	21.6 °C	30.7 °C	12.6 °C	24	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	136 mm	16	13 h/day	87 %	84 %	11 km/h
February	152 mm	16	13 h/day	86 %	83 %	11 km/h
March	245 mm	24	12 h/day	87 %	87 %	9.3 km/h
April	156 mm	20	12 h/day	70 %	86 %	8.4 km/h
May	14 mm	3	12 h/day	35 %	77 %	10 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	16 %	71 %	11 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	16 %	71 %	12 km/h
August	2 mm	0	12 h/day	26 %	74 %	14 km/h
September	25 mm	6	12 h/day	38 %	75 %	14 km/h
October	131 mm	20	12 h/day	66 %	80 %	11 km/h
November	234 mm	25	13 h/day	83 %	86 %	9.4 km/h
December	194 mm	20	13 h/day	89 %	86 %	9.8 km/h

How Bocoio compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Bocoio	29 °C	13 °C	1,290 mm	341
Benguela · Angola	30 °C	18 °C	308 mm	293
Sumbe · Angola	29 °C	19 °C	537 mm	295
Huambo · Angola	29 °C	9.1 °C	1,221 mm	151
Lubango · Angola	29 °C	10 °C	1,471 mm	141
Cuíto · Angola	29 °C	8.1 °C	1,317 mm	143
N'dalatando · Angola	29 °C	16 °C	1,134 mm	349

Where Bocoio ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in July	50th of 50	0.1 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Bocoio.

QuestionsCommon questions about Bocoio’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bocoio?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, September is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Bocoio get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 37 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Bocoio?

March, averaging 245 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,290 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Bocoio rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -12.470°, 14.137° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.