Kikolo climate

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Kikolo is warmest in February, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 18 °C. April is the wettest month (139 mm) and July the driest (0.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kikolo averages 573 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Angola · population 728,205 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month July 18 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month April 139 mm
Least cloud June 38 % cloud
Hottest on record February 36 °C
Coldest on record July 13 °C
Warmest sea March 28 °C

What to expectKikolo through the year

Kikolo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in July to 32 °C in February, a swing of 5.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 183 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 139 mm against 0 mm in July — 672 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Kikolo is warmest in March at 28 °C and coldest in August at 20 °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	31.4 °C	63 mm	81 %
February	31.9 °C	83 mm	81 %
March	31.8 °C	111 mm	83 %
April	30.7 °C	139 mm	84 %
May	30.9 °C	14 mm	54 %
June	28.9 °C	under 1 mm	38 %
July	27.4 °C	under 1 mm	43 %
August	27.4 °C	2 mm	53 %
September	28.5 °C	6 mm	62 %
October	29.5 °C	17 mm	73 %
November	30.4 °C	70 mm	79 %
December	30.9 °C	68 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	31.4 °C	23.2 °C	26.7 °C	35.7 °C	18.5 °C	31	26
February	31.9 °C	23.7 °C	27.2 °C	36.1 °C	19.7 °C	28	24
March	31.8 °C	24.2 °C	27.4 °C	36.0 °C	20.5 °C	31	27
April	30.7 °C	24.2 °C	26.8 °C	35.3 °C	18.6 °C	30	21
May	30.9 °C	22.5 °C	25.9 °C	34.7 °C	18.2 °C	31	23
June	28.9 °C	19.3 °C	23.2 °C	34.8 °C	14.5 °C	30	6
July	27.4 °C	17.6 °C	21.6 °C	30.6 °C	13.2 °C	30	0
August	27.4 °C	18.1 °C	21.9 °C	31.0 °C	14.1 °C	30	0
September	28.5 °C	20.0 °C	23.3 °C	32.0 °C	16.0 °C	30	4
October	29.5 °C	21.8 °C	24.9 °C	33.9 °C	18.2 °C	31	11
November	30.4 °C	23.0 °C	26.1 °C	34.9 °C	19.2 °C	30	18
December	30.9 °C	23.2 °C	26.5 °C	35.1 °C	18.5 °C	31	23

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	63 mm	9	13 h/day	81 %	74 %	14 km/h	26.3 °C
February	83 mm	10	12 h/day	81 %	74 %	14 km/h	27.6 °C
March	111 mm	15	12 h/day	83 %	77 %	13 km/h	27.8 °C
April	139 mm	17	12 h/day	84 %	82 %	11 km/h	26.9 °C
May	14 mm	2	12 h/day	54 %	78 %	13 km/h	25.0 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	38 %	76 %	14 km/h	22.4 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	43 %	77 %	15 km/h	20.7 °C
August	2 mm	0	12 h/day	53 %	76 %	15 km/h	20.3 °C
September	6 mm	2	12 h/day	62 %	75 %	15 km/h	21.8 °C
October	17 mm	3	12 h/day	73 %	75 %	15 km/h	24.2 °C
November	70 mm	11	13 h/day	79 %	76 %	14 km/h	25.7 °C
December	68 mm	11	13 h/day	82 %	75 %	13 km/h	25.8 °C

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

Where Kikolo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in May	15th of 50	94/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in October	17th of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Africa year-round	18th of 50	84/100
Best beach destinations in the world in May	21st of 50	94/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	27th of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in June	28th of 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kikolo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kikolo?

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 Kikolo get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 183 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °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 Kikolo?

April, averaging 139 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 573 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 Kikolo 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: -8.781°, 13.334° (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.