Cabinda climate

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Cabinda is warmest in March, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 20 °C. December is the wettest month (195 mm) and July the driest (1.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Cabinda averages 1,267 mm of rain and 298 days above 25 °C.

Angola · population 550,000 · 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 March 29 °C
Coldest month July 20 °C
Driest month July 2 mm
Wettest month December 195 mm
Least cloud June 58 % cloud
Hottest on record March 32 °C
Coldest on record July 17 °C
Warmest sea March 28 °C

What to expectCabinda through the year

Cabinda has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in July to 29 °C in March, a swing of 4.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 298 days a year reach 25 °C, 4 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 195 mm against 2 mm in July — 127 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Cabinda is warmest in March at 28 °C and coldest in August at 22 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.9 °C	193 mm	85 %
February	28.5 °C	177 mm	85 %
March	28.8 °C	177 mm	84 %
April	28.5 °C	191 mm	83 %
May	27.5 °C	74 mm	70 %
June	25.5 °C	4 mm	58 %
July	24.3 °C	2 mm	58 %
August	24.4 °C	4 mm	64 %
September	25.6 °C	10 mm	69 %
October	26.9 °C	60 mm	77 %
November	27.5 °C	180 mm	81 %
December	27.5 °C	195 mm	85 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.9 °C	24.2 °C	25.9 °C	30.3 °C	21.0 °C	31	0
February	28.5 °C	24.7 °C	26.4 °C	31.8 °C	22.5 °C	28	1
March	28.8 °C	25.0 °C	26.7 °C	31.9 °C	22.8 °C	31	2
April	28.5 °C	24.8 °C	26.4 °C	31.4 °C	20.9 °C	30	1
May	27.5 °C	23.9 °C	25.4 °C	30.9 °C	19.6 °C	31	0
June	25.5 °C	21.7 °C	23.3 °C	28.4 °C	18.1 °C	20	0
July	24.3 °C	20.1 °C	21.8 °C	27.3 °C	16.5 °C	7	0
August	24.4 °C	20.2 °C	22.0 °C	27.3 °C	17.2 °C	7	0
September	25.6 °C	21.7 °C	23.3 °C	28.7 °C	18.9 °C	21	0
October	26.9 °C	23.5 °C	24.9 °C	29.4 °C	20.8 °C	31	0
November	27.5 °C	24.1 °C	25.5 °C	30.2 °C	22.0 °C	30	0
December	27.5 °C	24.0 °C	25.5 °C	29.7 °C	21.5 °C	31	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	193 mm	24	12 h/day	85 %	87 %	13 km/h	27.1 °C
February	177 mm	21	12 h/day	85 %	85 %	14 km/h	28.1 °C
March	177 mm	23	12 h/day	84 %	86 %	14 km/h	28.4 °C
April	191 mm	23	12 h/day	83 %	88 %	13 km/h	27.7 °C
May	74 mm	12	12 h/day	70 %	88 %	14 km/h	25.9 °C
June	4 mm	1	12 h/day	58 %	86 %	14 km/h	23.7 °C
July	2 mm	0	12 h/day	58 %	85 %	14 km/h	22.1 °C
August	4 mm	1	12 h/day	64 %	86 %	14 km/h	21.9 °C
September	10 mm	2	12 h/day	69 %	84 %	16 km/h	23.6 °C
October	60 mm	12	12 h/day	77 %	83 %	18 km/h	25.5 °C
November	180 mm	23	12 h/day	81 %	85 %	16 km/h	26.4 °C
December	195 mm	24	12 h/day	85 %	88 %	14 km/h	26.4 °C

How Cabinda 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
Cabinda	29 °C	20 °C	1,267 mm	298
Soyo · Angola	29 °C	20 °C	780 mm	266
Pointe-Noire · Republic of the Congo	29 °C	20 °C	1,446 mm	327
Boma · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	19 °C	1,150 mm	363
Matadi · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	18 °C	1,065 mm	359
Kinshasa · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	20 °C	1,074 mm	365
Masina · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	19 °C	1,197 mm	365

Where Cabinda ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in September	12thof 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in the world in September	19thof 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in June	21stof 50	97/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in February	29thof 50	28 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa year-round	30thof 50	81/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in March	30thof 50	28 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Cabinda’s climate

When is the best time to visit Cabinda?

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, March is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Cabinda get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 4 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 20 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Cabinda?

December, averaging 195 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is July with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,267 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 Cabinda 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
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.