Climate averages 1991–2020
Bailundo weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bailundo: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malanje (38 km away). In May its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Bailundo, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Bailundo ranks 19th of 47 for the warmest May highs and 33rd of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Bailundo is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Malanje in MayAngola · 38 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 14 mm rain
- N'dalatando in MayAngola · 123 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Negage in MayAngola · 217 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Cela in MayAngola · 226 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Gabela in MayAngola · 227 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Cafunfo in MayAngola · 237 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Uíge in MayAngola · 242 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Porto Amboim in MayAngola · 276 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 1.9 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.