Chitato climate

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Chitato is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 18 °C. December is the wettest month (218 mm) and July the driest (0.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Chitato averages 1,442 mm of rain and 356 days above 25 °C.

Angola · population 246,880 · 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 July 33 °C
Coldest month July 18 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month December 218 mm
Least cloud July 32 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record July 13 °C

What to expectChitato through the year

Chitato changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 33 and 33 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 356 days a year reach 25 °C, 168 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 218 mm against 1 mm in July — 351 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.2 °C	172 mm	89 %
February	28.8 °C	145 mm	88 %
March	28.8 °C	187 mm	87 %
April	28.9 °C	173 mm	80 %
May	31.2 °C	33 mm	54 %
June	32.6 °C	4 mm	34 %
July	33.2 °C	1 mm	32 %
August	32.4 °C	30 mm	47 %
September	30.4 °C	103 mm	65 %
October	28.9 °C	168 mm	80 %
November	27.9 °C	208 mm	87 %
December	27.6 °C	218 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	28.2 °C	20.0 °C	23.4 °C	32.2 °C	18.1 °C	30	4
February	28.8 °C	20.2 °C	23.8 °C	33.9 °C	17.4 °C	27	7
March	28.8 °C	20.2 °C	23.7 °C	34.4 °C	17.8 °C	30	7
April	28.9 °C	20.0 °C	23.7 °C	34.7 °C	17.5 °C	29	9
May	31.2 °C	19.5 °C	24.8 °C	35.5 °C	14.9 °C	31	24
June	32.6 °C	18.0 °C	25.1 °C	35.9 °C	13.4 °C	30	28
July	33.2 °C	17.9 °C	25.5 °C	36.2 °C	13.3 °C	31	31
August	32.4 °C	19.6 °C	25.7 °C	36.6 °C	14.0 °C	31	28
September	30.4 °C	20.1 °C	24.5 °C	36.2 °C	17.3 °C	30	18
October	28.9 °C	20.0 °C	23.6 °C	35.7 °C	17.5 °C	30	9
November	27.9 °C	19.8 °C	23.1 °C	33.5 °C	18.0 °C	28	3
December	27.6 °C	19.8 °C	23.0 °C	31.5 °C	17.8 °C	29	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	172 mm	23	13 h/day	89 %	85 %	8.0 km/h
February	145 mm	20	12 h/day	88 %	85 %	8.1 km/h
March	187 mm	24	12 h/day	87 %	86 %	7.8 km/h
April	173 mm	21	12 h/day	80 %	84 %	8.3 km/h
May	33 mm	6	12 h/day	54 %	67 %	9.5 km/h
June	4 mm	1	12 h/day	34 %	45 %	11 km/h
July	1 mm	0	12 h/day	32 %	38 %	11 km/h
August	30 mm	6	12 h/day	47 %	56 %	11 km/h
September	103 mm	16	12 h/day	65 %	76 %	9.9 km/h
October	168 mm	24	12 h/day	80 %	84 %	8.4 km/h
November	208 mm	26	12 h/day	87 %	87 %	7.6 km/h
December	218 mm	26	13 h/day	89 %	87 %	7.5 km/h

How Chitato 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
Chitato	33 °C	18 °C	1,442 mm	356
Dundo · Angola	34 °C	18 °C	1,437 mm	359
Tshikapa · Democratic Republic of the Congo	33 °C	20 °C	1,217 mm	363
Kananga · Democratic Republic of the Congo	32 °C	19 °C	1,386 mm	356
Saurimo · Angola	33 °C	16 °C	1,351 mm	344
Mwene-Ditu · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	18 °C	1,347 mm	351
Kikwit · Democratic Republic of the Congo	32 °C	20 °C	1,272 mm	363

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Chitato’s climate

When is the best time to visit Chitato?

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

How hot does Chitato get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 168 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °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 Chitato?

December, averaging 218 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,442 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 Chitato 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: -7.300°, 20.733° (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.