Climate averages 1991–2020
Bailundo weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Bailundo: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malanje (38 km away). In August its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Bailundo, with 4.1 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Bailundo ranks 9th of 47 for the warmest August highs and 39th of 47 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Bailundo is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.0 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bailundo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 74 | 13.4 | 12.613 h |
| February | 28.4°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 80 | 12.4 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 149 | 20.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 126 | 19.9 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 13 | 3.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 29.8°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 30.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August, selected | 31.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 4.0 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 47 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 141 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 166 | 23.5 | 12.513 h |
| December | 26.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 117 | 18.8 | 12.713 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Malanje in AugustAngola · 38 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 4.1 mm rain
- N'dalatando in AugustAngola · 123 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Negage in AugustAngola · 217 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Cela in AugustAngola · 226 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Gabela in AugustAngola · 227 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Cafunfo in AugustAngola · 237 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Uíge in AugustAngola · 242 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Porto Amboim in AugustAngola · 276 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bailundo) is explained once on the Bailundo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.