Mossamedes climate

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Mossamedes is warmest in April, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 15 °C. March is the wettest month (37 mm) and June the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mossamedes averages 116 mm of rain and 245 days above 25 °C.

Angola · population 255,000 · 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 April 30 °C
Coldest month August 15 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month March 37 mm
Least cloud May 12 % cloud
Hottest on record May 39 °C
Coldest on record July 12 °C
Warmest sea March 26 °C

What to expectMossamedes through the year

Mossamedes has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in August to 30 °C in April, a swing of 7.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 245 days a year reach 25 °C, 47 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in June to 37 mm in March. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Mossamedes is warmest in March at 26 °C and coldest in August at 19 °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	27.5 °C	19 mm	68 %
February	28.4 °C	26 mm	69 %
March	29.2 °C	37 mm	65 %
April	29.9 °C	13 mm	28 %
May	28.6 °C	under 1 mm	12 %
June	25.8 °C	0 mm	17 %
July	23.6 °C	0 mm	29 %
August	22.2 °C	under 1 mm	41 %
September	23.4 °C	under 1 mm	41 %
October	25.5 °C	1 mm	34 %
November	27.3 °C	5 mm	37 %
December	27.1 °C	14 mm	57 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.5 °C	20.8 °C	23.7 °C	33.0 °C	16.7 °C	29	2
February	28.4 °C	21.7 °C	24.5 °C	34.2 °C	17.2 °C	27	5
March	29.2 °C	22.7 °C	25.4 °C	36.6 °C	17.1 °C	31	10
April	29.9 °C	22.0 °C	25.3 °C	37.8 °C	14.7 °C	29	14
May	28.6 °C	19.1 °C	23.3 °C	38.5 °C	12.6 °C	28	9
June	25.8 °C	16.5 °C	20.6 °C	35.8 °C	12.0 °C	16	4
July	23.6 °C	15.4 °C	19.0 °C	34.9 °C	11.8 °C	8	1
August	22.2 °C	15.2 °C	18.2 °C	31.3 °C	12.2 °C	1	0
September	23.4 °C	16.4 °C	19.4 °C	28.8 °C	12.8 °C	3	0
October	25.5 °C	18.2 °C	21.4 °C	35.9 °C	14.2 °C	18	0
November	27.3 °C	19.7 °C	23.0 °C	34.5 °C	14.4 °C	27	1
December	27.1 °C	20.2 °C	23.2 °C	32.9 °C	15.7 °C	28	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	19 mm	3	13 h/day	68 %	73 %	22 km/h	23.8 °C
February	26 mm	4	13 h/day	69 %	74 %	23 km/h	24.9 °C
March	37 mm	6	12 h/day	65 %	75 %	22 km/h	25.5 °C
April	13 mm	2	12 h/day	28 %	72 %	22 km/h	24.8 °C
May	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	12 %	71 %	21 km/h	22.7 °C
June	0 mm	0	11 h/day	17 %	75 %	19 km/h	20.8 °C
July	0 mm	0	11 h/day	29 %	79 %	19 km/h	19.6 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	41 %	80 %	20 km/h	18.9 °C
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	41 %	78 %	21 km/h	19.1 °C
October	1 mm	0	12 h/day	34 %	74 %	22 km/h	21.2 °C
November	5 mm	1	13 h/day	37 %	71 %	23 km/h	23.3 °C
December	14 mm	3	13 h/day	57 %	72 %	23 km/h	23.1 °C

How Mossamedes 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
Mossamedes	30 °C	15 °C	116 mm	245
Lubango · Angola	29 °C	10 °C	1,471 mm	141
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 Mossamedes ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in November	2ndof 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in April	3rdof 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Africa year-round	3rdof 50	90/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in December	4thof 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in January	4thof 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in February	5thof 50	98/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Mossamedes’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mossamedes?

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

How hot does Mossamedes get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 47 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 15 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Mossamedes?

March, averaging 37 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 116 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 Mossamedes 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.