Climate averages 1991–2020
Bailundo weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Bailundo: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malanje (38 km away). In December its highs average 26.5°C, about as warm as Bailundo, with 131 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Bailundo ranks joint 32nd of 47 for the warmest December highs and 20th of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Bailundo is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 74 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Malanje in DecemberAngola · 38 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 131 mm rain
- N'dalatando in DecemberAngola · 123 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.6°C · 151 mm rain
- Negage in DecemberAngola · 217 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 252 mm rain
- Cela in DecemberAngola · 226 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 158 mm rain
- Gabela in DecemberAngola · 227 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Cafunfo in DecemberAngola · 237 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Uíge in DecemberAngola · 242 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 266 mm rain
- Porto Amboim in DecemberAngola · 276 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 30 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.