Calumbo climate

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Calumbo is warmest in February, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 18 °C. April is the wettest month (128 mm) and July the driest (0.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Calumbo averages 549 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Angola · population 652,270 · 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 February 33 °C
Coldest month July 18 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month April 128 mm
Least cloud June 37 % cloud
Hottest on record February 38 °C
Coldest on record July 14 °C

What to expectCalumbo through the year

Calumbo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in July to 33 °C in February, a swing of 5.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 278 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 128 mm against 0 mm in July — 661 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	32.8 °C	65 mm	81 %
February	33.2 °C	73 mm	81 %
March	32.7 °C	115 mm	84 %
April	31.6 °C	128 mm	82 %
May	32.5 °C	12 mm	50 %
June	31.0 °C	under 1 mm	37 %
July	29.7 °C	under 1 mm	43 %
August	29.7 °C	2 mm	52 %
September	30.9 °C	6 mm	62 %
October	31.3 °C	18 mm	74 %
November	31.7 °C	64 mm	79 %
December	32.1 °C	66 mm	82 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	32.8 °C	23.3 °C	27.1 °C	37.6 °C	18.9 °C	31	28
February	33.2 °C	23.8 °C	27.6 °C	38.0 °C	19.7 °C	28	26
March	32.7 °C	24.2 °C	27.5 °C	37.9 °C	20.8 °C	31	28
April	31.6 °C	24.2 °C	27.0 °C	37.6 °C	18.9 °C	30	26
May	32.5 °C	22.7 °C	26.5 °C	37.8 °C	18.7 °C	31	29
June	31.0 °C	19.6 °C	24.0 °C	36.3 °C	15.2 °C	30	21
July	29.7 °C	18.0 °C	22.5 °C	34.3 °C	13.6 °C	31	11
August	29.7 °C	18.6 °C	22.8 °C	34.0 °C	14.4 °C	31	13
September	30.9 °C	20.5 °C	24.2 °C	35.6 °C	16.7 °C	30	20
October	31.3 °C	22.2 °C	25.5 °C	36.6 °C	19.0 °C	31	22
November	31.7 °C	23.2 °C	26.5 °C	37.5 °C	19.7 °C	30	25
December	32.1 °C	23.2 °C	26.8 °C	36.9 °C	19.1 °C	31	27

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	65 mm	10	13 h/day	81 %	75 %	13 km/h
February	73 mm	10	12 h/day	81 %	75 %	13 km/h
March	115 mm	15	12 h/day	84 %	79 %	12 km/h
April	128 mm	16	12 h/day	82 %	83 %	11 km/h
May	12 mm	2	12 h/day	50 %	77 %	13 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	37 %	75 %	14 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	43 %	75 %	14 km/h
August	2 mm	0	12 h/day	52 %	74 %	14 km/h
September	6 mm	1	12 h/day	62 %	73 %	15 km/h
October	18 mm	4	12 h/day	74 %	74 %	15 km/h
November	64 mm	12	13 h/day	79 %	76 %	14 km/h
December	66 mm	11	13 h/day	82 %	76 %	13 km/h

How Calumbo 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
Calumbo	33 °C	18 °C	549 mm	365
Zango · Angola	33 °C	18 °C	609 mm	365
Viana · Angola	32 °C	18 °C	450 mm	365
Mulenvos · Angola	32 °C	18 °C	450 mm	365
Luanda · Angola	31 °C	18 °C	425 mm	359
Kikolo · Angola	32 °C	18 °C	573 mm	364
Ramiros · Angola	30 °C	19 °C	422 mm	345

Where Calumbo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in June	45th of 50	0.2 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Calumbo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Calumbo?

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

How hot does Calumbo get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 278 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 18 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Calumbo?

April, averaging 128 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 549 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 Calumbo 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: -9.147°, 13.419° (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.