Sumbe climate

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Sumbe is warmest in February, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 19 °C. March is the wettest month (169 mm) and July the driest (0.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sumbe averages 537 mm of rain and 295 days above 25 °C.

Angola · population 205,832 · 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 February 29 °C
Coldest month August 19 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month March 169 mm
Least cloud June 46 % cloud
Hottest on record March 33 °C
Coldest on record August 16 °C
Warmest sea March 28 °C

What to expectSumbe through the year

Sumbe has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in August to 29 °C in February, a swing of 5.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 295 days a year reach 25 °C, 24 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 169 mm against 1 mm in July — 277 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Sumbe is warmest in March at 28 °C and coldest in August at 20 °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	28.7 °C	47 mm	82 %
February	29.4 °C	57 mm	83 %
March	29.1 °C	169 mm	86 %
April	28.7 °C	122 mm	80 %
May	28.2 °C	3 mm	52 %
June	25.9 °C	1 mm	46 %
July	24.3 °C	1 mm	50 %
August	24.2 °C	1 mm	47 %
September	25.5 °C	5 mm	51 %
October	27.0 °C	19 mm	72 %
November	27.9 °C	57 mm	82 %
December	28.1 °C	54 mm	84 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.7 °C	23.9 °C	26.0 °C	32.0 °C	20.2 °C	31	4
February	29.4 °C	24.6 °C	26.7 °C	32.5 °C	20.7 °C	28	9
March	29.1 °C	25.0 °C	26.8 °C	32.8 °C	21.7 °C	31	6
April	28.7 °C	25.0 °C	26.6 °C	32.0 °C	19.9 °C	30	2
May	28.2 °C	23.8 °C	25.7 °C	31.4 °C	19.2 °C	31	1
June	25.9 °C	20.9 °C	23.0 °C	29.3 °C	16.7 °C	22	0
July	24.3 °C	19.3 °C	21.4 °C	27.7 °C	16.4 °C	6	0
August	24.2 °C	19.1 °C	21.2 °C	26.7 °C	16.3 °C	5	0
September	25.5 °C	20.4 °C	22.4 °C	28.7 °C	17.6 °C	21	0
October	27.0 °C	22.5 °C	24.2 °C	29.7 °C	19.5 °C	30	0
November	27.9 °C	24.0 °C	25.5 °C	31.3 °C	21.2 °C	30	0
December	28.1 °C	23.9 °C	25.7 °C	31.0 °C	20.2 °C	31	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	47 mm	6	13 h/day	82 %	79 %	14 km/h	25.7 °C
February	57 mm	8	12 h/day	83 %	78 %	14 km/h	27.1 °C
March	169 mm	15	12 h/day	86 %	83 %	13 km/h	27.7 °C
April	122 mm	13	12 h/day	80 %	86 %	13 km/h	26.9 °C
May	3 mm	1	12 h/day	52 %	83 %	13 km/h	25.1 °C
June	1 mm	0	11 h/day	46 %	82 %	13 km/h	22.5 °C
July	1 mm	0	12 h/day	50 %	82 %	13 km/h	20.8 °C
August	1 mm	0	12 h/day	47 %	82 %	13 km/h	19.8 °C
September	5 mm	1	12 h/day	51 %	82 %	15 km/h	20.8 °C
October	19 mm	6	12 h/day	72 %	82 %	15 km/h	23.6 °C
November	57 mm	10	13 h/day	82 %	82 %	14 km/h	25.6 °C
December	54 mm	9	13 h/day	84 %	81 %	13 km/h	25.5 °C

How Sumbe 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
Sumbe	29 °C	19 °C	537 mm	295
Bocoio · Angola	29 °C	13 °C	1,290 mm	341
Benguela · Angola	30 °C	18 °C	308 mm	293
Calumbo · Angola	33 °C	18 °C	549 mm	365
N'dalatando · Angola	29 °C	16 °C	1,134 mm	349
Zango · Angola	33 °C	18 °C	609 mm	365
Ramiros · Angola	30 °C	19 °C	422 mm	345

Where Sumbe ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in May	1stof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in May	1stof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in January	10thof 50	93/100
Best beach destinations in Africa year-round	11thof 50	87/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in February	15thof 50	87/100
Best beach destinations in the world year-round	17thof 50	87/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Sumbe’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sumbe?

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

How hot does Sumbe get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 24 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 19 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Sumbe?

March, averaging 169 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 537 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 Sumbe 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.