Climate averages 1991–2020

Balombo weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.0°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 12.7°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Balombo: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bocoio (70 km away). In July its highs average 28.1°C, 2.0°C cooler than Balombo, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Balombo ranks 9th of 47 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 47 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Balombo is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.6 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Balombo, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Balombo

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 limits

How 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.