Climate averages 1991–2020
Balombo weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Balombo: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bocoio (70 km away). In April its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Balombo, with 159 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Balombo ranks 32nd of 47 for the warmest April highs and 27th of 47 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 47 cities is 28.1°C; Balombo is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 115 mm to 5.8 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Balombo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 171 | 19.7 | 12.813 h |
| February | 26.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 168 | 17.5 | 12.513 h |
| March | 26.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 239 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 27.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 115 | 16.4 | 11.812 h |
| May | 29.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 5.8 | 1.2 | 11.612 h |
| June | 29.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| July | 30.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| August | 31.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 11.712 h |
| September | 31.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 45 | 8.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 205 | 25.9 | 12.412 h |
| November | 26.8°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 268 | 26.7 | 12.713 h |
| December | 25.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 224 | 23.2 | 12.813 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
April in nearby cities
- Bocoio in AprilAngola · 70 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Longonjo in AprilAngola · 80 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Ecunna in AprilAngola · 87 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Cubal in AprilAngola · 95 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Caála in AprilAngola · 102 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Cela in AprilAngola · 111 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Huambo in AprilAngola · 115 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Lobito in AprilAngola · 134 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 39 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 Balombo) is explained once on the Balombo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.