Climate averages 1991–2020
Balombo weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Balombo: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes January a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bocoio (70 km away). In January its highs average 26.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Balombo, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Balombo ranks 36th of 47 for the warmest January highs and 33rd of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Balombo is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 171 mm to 168 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Bocoio in JanuaryAngola · 70 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 143 mm rain
- Longonjo in JanuaryAngola · 80 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 203 mm rain
- Ecunna in JanuaryAngola · 87 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 249 mm rain
- Cubal in JanuaryAngola · 95 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Caála in JanuaryAngola · 102 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 249 mm rain
- Cela in JanuaryAngola · 111 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Huambo in JanuaryAngola · 115 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Lobito in JanuaryAngola · 134 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 29 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.