Malanje climate

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Malanje is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 14 °C. November is the wettest month (183 mm) and July the driest (0.03 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Malanje averages 1,008 mm of rain and 344 days above 25 °C.

Angola · population 455,000 · 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 August 31 °C
Coldest month July 14 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month November 183 mm
Least cloud June 24 % cloud
Hottest on record September 36 °C
Coldest on record July 10 °C

What to expectMalanje through the year

Malanje changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 30 and 31 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 344 days a year reach 25 °C, 100 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 183 mm against 0 mm in July — 6,116 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.3 °C	88 mm	87 %
February	28.2 °C	91 mm	86 %
March	27.8 °C	158 mm	87 %
April	27.3 °C	132 mm	80 %
May	29.2 °C	14 mm	48 %
June	29.7 °C	under 1 mm	24 %
July	30.2 °C	under 1 mm	24 %
August	31.1 °C	4 mm	37 %
September	30.8 °C	47 mm	54 %
October	28.8 °C	158 mm	77 %
November	26.9 °C	183 mm	86 %
December	26.5 °C	133 mm	87 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.3 °C	17.9 °C	21.7 °C	32.8 °C	14.8 °C	27	1
February	28.2 °C	18.2 °C	22.3 °C	33.3 °C	15.8 °C	26	4
March	27.8 °C	18.3 °C	22.1 °C	33.4 °C	13.4 °C	28	4
April	27.3 °C	18.1 °C	21.8 °C	31.2 °C	13.6 °C	27	1
May	29.2 °C	17.0 °C	22.4 °C	32.1 °C	12.3 °C	31	7
June	29.7 °C	14.4 °C	21.4 °C	32.2 °C	10.1 °C	30	10
July	30.2 °C	13.7 °C	21.4 °C	32.7 °C	10.0 °C	31	18
August	31.1 °C	15.1 °C	22.4 °C	34.4 °C	11.1 °C	31	25
September	30.8 °C	16.7 °C	22.7 °C	35.6 °C	13.4 °C	30	22
October	28.8 °C	17.6 °C	22.0 °C	33.5 °C	14.9 °C	30	7
November	26.9 °C	17.9 °C	21.4 °C	31.0 °C	14.9 °C	26	0
December	26.5 °C	17.8 °C	21.3 °C	30.2 °C	12.7 °C	26	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	88 mm	15	13 h/day	87 %	78 %	12 km/h
February	91 mm	13	12 h/day	86 %	76 %	12 km/h
March	158 mm	21	12 h/day	87 %	81 %	10 km/h
April	132 mm	19	12 h/day	80 %	83 %	11 km/h
May	14 mm	3	12 h/day	48 %	66 %	12 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	24 %	52 %	13 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	24 %	49 %	13 km/h
August	4 mm	1	12 h/day	37 %	56 %	14 km/h
September	47 mm	12	12 h/day	54 %	65 %	13 km/h
October	158 mm	25	12 h/day	77 %	78 %	11 km/h
November	183 mm	24	13 h/day	86 %	84 %	9.9 km/h
December	133 mm	19	13 h/day	87 %	82 %	11 km/h

How Malanje 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
Malanje	31 °C	14 °C	1,008 mm	344
N'dalatando · Angola	29 °C	16 °C	1,134 mm	349
Uíge · Angola	30 °C	16 °C	1,921 mm	345
Cuíto · Angola	29 °C	8.1 °C	1,317 mm	143
Calumbo · Angola	33 °C	18 °C	549 mm	365
Zango · Angola	33 °C	18 °C	609 mm	365
Sumbe · Angola	29 °C	19 °C	537 mm	295

Where Malanje ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in July	26thof 50	0.03 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Malanje’s climate

When is the best time to visit Malanje?

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

How hot does Malanje get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 100 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 14 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Malanje?

November, averaging 183 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,008 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 Malanje 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.