Cuíto climate

Name: Cuíto
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Cuíto is warmest in September, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 8.1 °C. December is the wettest month (253 mm) and July the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Cuíto averages 1,317 mm of rain and 143 days above 25 °C.

Angola · population 355,423 · 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 8.1 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month December 253 mm
Least cloud June 11 % cloud
Hottest on record September 35 °C
Coldest on record July 1.4 °C

What to expectCuíto through the year

Cuíto has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in July to 29 °C in September, a swing of 4.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 143 days a year reach 25 °C, 11 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in September.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 253 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.6 °C	234 mm	89 %
February	24.0 °C	188 mm	88 %
March	23.5 °C	200 mm	86 %
April	23.6 °C	69 mm	64 %
May	24.8 °C	3 mm	27 %
June	24.3 °C	under 1 mm	11 %
July	24.8 °C	0 mm	13 %
August	27.5 °C	under 1 mm	22 %
September	28.9 °C	23 mm	37 %
October	26.7 °C	132 mm	66 %
November	24.1 °C	215 mm	84 %
December	23.4 °C	253 mm	90 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	23.6 °C	15.1 °C	18.9 °C	28.2 °C	10.5 °C	5	0
February	24.0 °C	15.1 °C	19.0 °C	28.3 °C	10.2 °C	5	0
March	23.5 °C	14.9 °C	18.7 °C	27.3 °C	10.7 °C	4	0
April	23.6 °C	13.9 °C	18.5 °C	27.3 °C	9.3 °C	3	0
May	24.8 °C	11.3 °C	18.4 °C	28.1 °C	5.7 °C	12	0
June	24.3 °C	8.6 °C	17.0 °C	27.7 °C	3.7 °C	10	0
July	24.8 °C	8.1 °C	17.1 °C	29.6 °C	1.4 °C	14	0
August	27.5 °C	11.0 °C	19.9 °C	30.8 °C	5.2 °C	30	1
September	28.9 °C	13.8 °C	21.8 °C	34.6 °C	7.5 °C	29	7
October	26.7 °C	15.2 °C	20.5 °C	32.8 °C	10.8 °C	22	3
November	24.1 °C	15.0 °C	19.0 °C	30.9 °C	12.3 °C	7	0
December	23.4 °C	15.1 °C	18.7 °C	27.4 °C	11.0 °C	2	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	234 mm	22	13 h/day	89 %	81 %	12 km/h
February	188 mm	20	13 h/day	88 %	80 %	12 km/h
March	200 mm	25	12 h/day	86 %	84 %	11 km/h
April	69 mm	12	12 h/day	64 %	77 %	13 km/h
May	3 mm	1	12 h/day	27 %	52 %	14 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	11 %	41 %	14 km/h
July	0 mm	0	11 h/day	13 %	36 %	14 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	22 %	32 %	15 km/h
September	23 mm	4	12 h/day	37 %	42 %	15 km/h
October	132 mm	18	12 h/day	66 %	69 %	14 km/h
November	215 mm	25	13 h/day	84 %	83 %	11 km/h
December	253 mm	25	13 h/day	90 %	84 %	11 km/h

How Cuíto 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
Cuíto	29 °C	8.1 °C	1,317 mm	143
Huambo · Angola	29 °C	9.1 °C	1,221 mm	151
Menongue · Angola	33 °C	9.0 °C	913 mm	307
Bocoio · Angola	29 °C	13 °C	1,290 mm	341
Malanje · Angola	31 °C	14 °C	1,008 mm	344
Luena · Angola	32 °C	12 °C	1,168 mm	289
Sumbe · Angola	29 °C	19 °C	537 mm	295

Where Cuíto ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in July	10th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in July	14th of 50	0 mm
Places with the best weather in Africa in May	15th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in May	34th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	50th of 50	92/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Cuíto’s climate

When is the best time to visit Cuíto?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, August, October 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 Cuíto get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 11 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 8.1 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Cuíto?

December, averaging 253 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,317 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 Cuíto 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: -12.383°, 16.933° (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.