Lubango climate

Name: Lubango
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Lubango is warmest in September, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 10 °C. March is the wettest month (311 mm) and June the driest (0.07 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Lubango averages 1,471 mm of rain and 141 days above 25 °C.

Angola · population 600,751 · 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 10 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month March 311 mm
Least cloud July 9 % cloud
Hottest on record September 34 °C
Coldest on record July 4.9 °C

What to expectLubango through the year

Lubango has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in July to 29 °C in September, a swing of 4.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 141 days a year reach 25 °C, 13 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 311 mm against 0 mm in June — 4,450 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.5 °C	233 mm	81 %
February	23.6 °C	238 mm	82 %
March	23.4 °C	311 mm	82 %
April	23.8 °C	119 mm	49 %
May	24.3 °C	7 mm	23 %
June	23.7 °C	under 1 mm	9 %
July	24.1 °C	under 1 mm	9 %
August	26.5 °C	1 mm	16 %
September	28.6 °C	13 mm	25 %
October	27.8 °C	83 mm	41 %
November	25.0 °C	221 mm	61 %
December	23.9 °C	244 mm	77 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	23.5 °C	15.0 °C	18.7 °C	31.1 °C	10.4 °C	6	0
February	23.6 °C	15.2 °C	18.9 °C	31.3 °C	11.0 °C	6	0
March	23.4 °C	15.5 °C	18.9 °C	29.2 °C	9.5 °C	4	0
April	23.8 °C	14.4 °C	18.7 °C	28.2 °C	10.0 °C	4	0
May	24.3 °C	12.6 °C	18.2 °C	28.8 °C	5.4 °C	8	0
June	23.7 °C	10.6 °C	16.7 °C	27.0 °C	5.7 °C	3	0
July	24.1 °C	10.2 °C	16.8 °C	28.4 °C	4.9 °C	6	0
August	26.5 °C	12.2 °C	18.9 °C	30.0 °C	8.0 °C	26	0
September	28.6 °C	14.2 °C	20.7 °C	33.5 °C	10.6 °C	29	6
October	27.8 °C	15.3 °C	20.7 °C	32.9 °C	11.5 °C	27	6
November	25.0 °C	15.1 °C	19.4 °C	33.0 °C	11.7 °C	13	1
December	23.9 °C	15.1 °C	19.0 °C	30.8 °C	11.2 °C	8	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	233 mm	20	13 h/day	81 %	77 %	11 km/h
February	238 mm	18	13 h/day	82 %	78 %	11 km/h
March	311 mm	23	12 h/day	82 %	84 %	10 km/h
April	119 mm	12	12 h/day	49 %	73 %	12 km/h
May	7 mm	1	11 h/day	23 %	51 %	14 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	9 %	41 %	13 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	9 %	38 %	13 km/h
August	1 mm	0	12 h/day	16 %	38 %	14 km/h
September	13 mm	2	12 h/day	25 %	45 %	15 km/h
October	83 mm	11	12 h/day	41 %	58 %	13 km/h
November	221 mm	19	13 h/day	61 %	73 %	11 km/h
December	244 mm	20	13 h/day	77 %	76 %	11 km/h

How Lubango 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
Lubango	29 °C	10 °C	1,471 mm	141
Mossamedes · Angola	30 °C	15 °C	116 mm	245
Benguela · Angola	30 °C	18 °C	308 mm	293
Bocoio · Angola	29 °C	13 °C	1,290 mm	341
Huambo · Angola	29 °C	9.1 °C	1,221 mm	151
Sumbe · Angola	29 °C	19 °C	537 mm	295
Menongue · Angola	33 °C	9.0 °C	913 mm	307

Where Lubango ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in May	2ndof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in May	3rdof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	15thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in June	18thof 50	96/100
The driest places in Africa in June	20thof 50	0.07 mm
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	30thof 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Lubango’s climate

When is the best time to visit Lubango?

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

How hot does Lubango get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 13 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 10 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Lubango?

March, averaging 311 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,471 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 Lubango 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.