Climate averages 1991–2020
Balombo weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Balombo: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 168 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes February a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bocoio (70 km away). In February its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Balombo, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Balombo ranks 35th of 47 for the warmest February highs and 36th of 47 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 47 cities is 28.4°C; Balombo is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 168 mm to 239 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Bocoio in FebruaryAngola · 70 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 161 mm rain
- Longonjo in FebruaryAngola · 80 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Ecunna in FebruaryAngola · 87 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 217 mm rain
- Cubal in FebruaryAngola · 95 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Caála in FebruaryAngola · 102 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 217 mm rain
- Cela in FebruaryAngola · 111 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Huambo in FebruaryAngola · 115 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 169 mm rain
- Lobito in FebruaryAngola · 134 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 40 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.