Saurimo climate

Name: Saurimo
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Saurimo is warmest in August, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 16 °C. December is the wettest month (227 mm) and July the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Saurimo averages 1,351 mm of rain and 344 days above 25 °C.

Angola · population 393,000 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month July 16 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month December 227 mm
Least cloud July 21 % cloud
Hottest on record September 37 °C
Coldest on record July 9.5 °C

What to expectSaurimo through the year

Saurimo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 31 °C in July to 33 °C in August, a swing of 3.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 344 days a year reach 25 °C, 136 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in September.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 227 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.9 °C	214 mm	91 %
February	27.5 °C	176 mm	90 %
March	27.4 °C	210 mm	88 %
April	27.9 °C	115 mm	70 %
May	30.5 °C	6 mm	40 %
June	30.6 °C	1 mm	22 %
July	30.9 °C	0 mm	21 %
August	32.5 °C	4 mm	34 %
September	31.9 °C	46 mm	54 %
October	29.4 °C	138 mm	75 %
November	27.4 °C	215 mm	87 %
December	26.7 °C	227 mm	90 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.9 °C	18.2 °C	21.8 °C	31.0 °C	15.2 °C	27	0
February	27.5 °C	18.3 °C	22.1 °C	31.8 °C	15.4 °C	25	1
March	27.4 °C	18.3 °C	22.0 °C	31.8 °C	13.9 °C	28	1
April	27.9 °C	18.0 °C	22.2 °C	33.1 °C	14.1 °C	28	2
May	30.5 °C	17.6 °C	23.6 °C	33.7 °C	13.0 °C	31	20
June	30.6 °C	16.3 °C	23.1 °C	33.6 °C	10.6 °C	30	20
July	30.9 °C	16.1 °C	23.2 °C	34.5 °C	9.5 °C	31	23
August	32.5 °C	17.5 °C	24.9 °C	36.2 °C	11.9 °C	31	30
September	31.9 °C	18.1 °C	24.6 °C	37.1 °C	12.5 °C	30	25
October	29.4 °C	18.3 °C	23.0 °C	35.4 °C	15.2 °C	30	12
November	27.4 °C	18.0 °C	22.0 °C	33.7 °C	15.4 °C	27	2
December	26.7 °C	18.1 °C	21.6 °C	30.6 °C	14.5 °C	26	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	214 mm	25	13 h/day	91 %	85 %	9.9 km/h
February	176 mm	22	12 h/day	90 %	84 %	9.4 km/h
March	210 mm	25	12 h/day	88 %	86 %	9.0 km/h
April	115 mm	16	12 h/day	70 %	79 %	11 km/h
May	6 mm	1	12 h/day	40 %	49 %	13 km/h
June	1 mm	0	12 h/day	22 %	34 %	14 km/h
July	0 mm	0	12 h/day	21 %	29 %	15 km/h
August	4 mm	1	12 h/day	34 %	34 %	13 km/h
September	46 mm	10	12 h/day	54 %	57 %	11 km/h
October	138 mm	22	12 h/day	75 %	77 %	10 km/h
November	215 mm	27	13 h/day	87 %	85 %	8.9 km/h
December	227 mm	27	13 h/day	90 %	86 %	9.3 km/h

How Saurimo 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
Saurimo	33 °C	16 °C	1,351 mm	344
Luena · Angola	32 °C	12 °C	1,168 mm	289
Dundo · Angola	34 °C	18 °C	1,437 mm	359
Chitato · Angola	33 °C	18 °C	1,442 mm	356
Mwene · Democratic Republic of the Congo	33 °C	17 °C	1,176 mm	348
Tshikapa · Democratic Republic of the Congo	33 °C	20 °C	1,217 mm	363
Malanje · Angola	31 °C	14 °C	1,008 mm	344

Where Saurimo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in July	8th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in July	12th of 50	0 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Saurimo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Saurimo?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, 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 Saurimo get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 136 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 16 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Saurimo?

December, averaging 227 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,351 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 Saurimo 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
Data point: -9.661°, 20.392° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.