Dundo climate

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Dundo is warmest in July, with average highs of 34 °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 Dundo averages 1,437 mm of rain and 359 days above 25 °C.

Angola · population 177,604 · 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 34 °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 14 °C

What to expectDundo through the year

Dundo changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 34 and 34 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 359 days a year reach 25 °C, 187 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 — 356 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.5 °C	172 mm	89 %
February	29.2 °C	146 mm	88 %
March	29.1 °C	188 mm	87 %
April	29.4 °C	172 mm	80 %
May	31.7 °C	33 mm	54 %
June	33.1 °C	4 mm	34 %
July	33.6 °C	1 mm	32 %
August	32.8 °C	30 mm	47 %
September	30.7 °C	102 mm	65 %
October	29.2 °C	166 mm	80 %
November	28.2 °C	206 mm	87 %
December	27.9 °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	28.5 °C	20.2 °C	23.6 °C	33.1 °C	18.0 °C	30	6
February	29.2 °C	20.4 °C	24.0 °C	34.3 °C	17.8 °C	28	9
March	29.1 °C	20.4 °C	24.0 °C	35.2 °C	18.2 °C	31	10
April	29.4 °C	20.3 °C	24.0 °C	34.8 °C	17.5 °C	29	12
May	31.7 °C	19.8 °C	25.2 °C	36.1 °C	15.3 °C	31	26
June	33.1 °C	18.3 °C	25.4 °C	36.4 °C	14.0 °C	30	29
July	33.6 °C	18.3 °C	25.8 °C	36.6 °C	13.7 °C	31	31
August	32.8 °C	19.8 °C	26.0 °C	37.1 °C	14.3 °C	31	29
September	30.7 °C	20.4 °C	24.8 °C	36.5 °C	16.8 °C	30	19
October	29.2 °C	20.2 °C	23.8 °C	36.1 °C	16.7 °C	31	10
November	28.2 °C	20.0 °C	23.4 °C	33.6 °C	18.2 °C	29	5
December	27.9 °C	20.0 °C	23.2 °C	31.8 °C	17.9 °C	30	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	172 mm	23	13 h/day	89 %	86 %	7.9 km/h
February	146 mm	20	12 h/day	88 %	85 %	8.0 km/h
March	188 mm	24	12 h/day	87 %	86 %	7.8 km/h
April	172 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	102 mm	16	12 h/day	65 %	76 %	9.8 km/h
October	166 mm	24	12 h/day	80 %	85 %	8.4 km/h
November	206 mm	26	12 h/day	87 %	87 %	7.5 km/h
December	218 mm	26	13 h/day	89 %	88 %	7.5 km/h

How Dundo 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
Dundo	34 °C	18 °C	1,437 mm	359
Chitato · Angola	33 °C	18 °C	1,442 mm	356
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
Mbuji-Mayi · Democratic Republic of the Congo	33 °C	19 °C	1,239 mm	362

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Dundo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Dundo?

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 Dundo get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 187 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 Dundo?

December, averaging 218 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,437 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 Dundo 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: -7.366°, 20.816° (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.