Menongue climate

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Menongue is warmest in September, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 9.0 °C. December is the wettest month (191 mm) and July the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Menongue averages 913 mm of rain and 307 days above 25 °C.

Angola · population 251,178 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month July 9.0 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month December 191 mm
Least cloud June 10 % cloud
Hottest on record October 38 °C
Coldest on record July 0.1 °C

What to expectMenongue through the year

Menongue has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in July to 33 °C in September, a swing of 6.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 307 days a year reach 25 °C, 87 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in October.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 191 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.2 °C	173 mm	85 %
February	26.0 °C	166 mm	85 %
March	26.0 °C	169 mm	79 %
April	26.7 °C	40 mm	49 %
May	27.4 °C	2 mm	22 %
June	26.3 °C	under 1 mm	10 %
July	26.5 °C	0 mm	10 %
August	29.8 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
September	32.6 °C	5 mm	29 %
October	32.4 °C	41 mm	55 %
November	28.7 °C	126 mm	76 %
December	26.8 °C	191 mm	85 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.2 °C	16.9 °C	21.0 °C	33.4 °C	11.1 °C	22	2
February	26.0 °C	16.8 °C	20.8 °C	31.1 °C	12.0 °C	20	1
March	26.0 °C	16.5 °C	20.7 °C	32.1 °C	12.9 °C	22	1
April	26.7 °C	14.9 °C	20.6 °C	33.2 °C	9.0 °C	26	1
May	27.4 °C	12.5 °C	20.1 °C	31.3 °C	6.9 °C	29	1
June	26.3 °C	9.5 °C	18.1 °C	30.3 °C	3.3 °C	23	0
July	26.5 °C	9.0 °C	18.1 °C	31.8 °C	0.1 °C	24	1
August	29.8 °C	11.9 °C	21.4 °C	34.4 °C	4.2 °C	31	15
September	32.6 °C	15.3 °C	24.6 °C	37.4 °C	8.3 °C	30	28
October	32.4 °C	17.3 °C	24.9 °C	37.7 °C	12.0 °C	31	25
November	28.7 °C	17.0 °C	22.3 °C	37.0 °C	12.1 °C	27	10
December	26.8 °C	17.1 °C	21.4 °C	34.8 °C	12.6 °C	23	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	173 mm	21	13 h/day	85 %	79 %	12 km/h
February	166 mm	19	13 h/day	85 %	81 %	12 km/h
March	169 mm	21	12 h/day	79 %	82 %	11 km/h
April	40 mm	8	12 h/day	49 %	69 %	13 km/h
May	2 mm	0	11 h/day	22 %	46 %	14 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	10 %	39 %	14 km/h
July	0 mm	0	11 h/day	10 %	35 %	15 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	17 %	27 %	15 km/h
September	5 mm	1	12 h/day	29 %	27 %	16 km/h
October	41 mm	9	12 h/day	55 %	45 %	14 km/h
November	126 mm	19	13 h/day	76 %	70 %	12 km/h
December	191 mm	22	13 h/day	85 %	77 %	12 km/h

How Menongue 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
Menongue	33 °C	9.0 °C	913 mm	307
Cuíto · Angola	29 °C	8.1 °C	1,317 mm	143
Huambo · Angola	29 °C	9.1 °C	1,221 mm	151
Luena · Angola	32 °C	12 °C	1,168 mm	289
Lubango · Angola	29 °C	10 °C	1,471 mm	141
Bocoio · Angola	29 °C	13 °C	1,290 mm	341
Benguela · Angola	30 °C	18 °C	308 mm	293

Where Menongue ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in June	11thof 50	0.02 mm
The driest places in Africa in July	15thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in July	20thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in June	20thof 50	0.02 mm
The driest places in Africa in August	38thof 50	0.09 mm
The driest places in Africa in May	40thof 50	1.6 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Menongue’s climate

When is the best time to visit Menongue?

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

How hot does Menongue get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 87 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.0 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Menongue?

December, averaging 191 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 913 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 Menongue 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.