Luanda climate

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Luanda is warmest in February, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 18 °C. April is the wettest month (114 mm) and July the driest (0.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Luanda averages 425 mm of rain and 359 days above 25 °C.

Angola · population 2,776,168 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month July 18 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month April 114 mm
Least cloud June 37 % cloud
Hottest on record February 36 °C
Coldest on record July 14 °C
Warmest sea March 28 °C

What to expectLuanda through the year

Luanda has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in July to 31 °C in February, a swing of 5.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 359 days a year reach 25 °C, 152 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 114 mm against 0 mm in July — 700 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Luanda 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	31.0 °C	45 mm	80 %
February	31.5 °C	60 mm	80 %
March	31.3 °C	87 mm	83 %
April	30.4 °C	114 mm	82 %
May	30.7 °C	10 mm	51 %
June	28.5 °C	under 1 mm	37 %
July	26.9 °C	under 1 mm	43 %
August	26.9 °C	1 mm	51 %
September	27.9 °C	5 mm	59 %
October	29.0 °C	15 mm	70 %
November	29.9 °C	46 mm	76 %
December	30.5 °C	41 mm	80 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	31.0 °C	23.6 °C	26.7 °C	35.0 °C	19.1 °C	31	23
February	31.5 °C	24.2 °C	27.2 °C	35.5 °C	20.8 °C	28	22
March	31.3 °C	24.5 °C	27.4 °C	35.4 °C	21.2 °C	31	24
April	30.4 °C	24.4 °C	26.8 °C	34.7 °C	19.1 °C	30	17
May	30.7 °C	22.9 °C	26.0 °C	34.3 °C	18.8 °C	31	21
June	28.5 °C	19.7 °C	23.2 °C	33.4 °C	15.0 °C	30	4
July	26.9 °C	18.0 °C	21.6 °C	30.3 °C	13.9 °C	28	0
August	26.9 °C	18.5 °C	21.9 °C	31.0 °C	14.5 °C	28	0
September	27.9 °C	20.3 °C	23.2 °C	32.0 °C	16.8 °C	30	2
October	29.0 °C	22.1 °C	24.8 °C	33.4 °C	18.8 °C	31	7
November	29.9 °C	23.3 °C	26.0 °C	34.4 °C	20.2 °C	30	13
December	30.5 °C	23.5 °C	26.4 °C	35.0 °C	19.7 °C	31	19

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	45 mm	8	13 h/day	80 %	74 %	16 km/h	26.5 °C
February	60 mm	9	12 h/day	80 %	74 %	16 km/h	27.7 °C
March	87 mm	14	12 h/day	83 %	78 %	15 km/h	27.9 °C
April	114 mm	16	12 h/day	82 %	83 %	14 km/h	27.2 °C
May	10 mm	2	12 h/day	51 %	78 %	15 km/h	25.2 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	37 %	77 %	16 km/h	22.7 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	43 %	77 %	16 km/h	21.0 °C
August	1 mm	0	12 h/day	51 %	77 %	16 km/h	20.4 °C
September	5 mm	1	12 h/day	59 %	76 %	17 km/h	21.9 °C
October	15 mm	3	12 h/day	70 %	76 %	17 km/h	24.3 °C
November	46 mm	10	13 h/day	76 %	77 %	17 km/h	25.9 °C
December	41 mm	9	13 h/day	80 %	75 %	16 km/h	25.9 °C

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

Where Luanda ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in May	10thof 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in October	13thof 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Africa year-round	14thof 50	86/100
Best beach destinations in the world in May	15thof 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	21stof 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in June	23rdof 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Luanda’s climate

When is the best time to visit Luanda?

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 Luanda get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 152 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 Luanda?

April, averaging 114 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 425 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 Luanda 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
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.