Climate averages 1991–2020
Balombo 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 Balombo: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bocoio (70 km away). In May its highs average 28.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Balombo, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Balombo ranks 18th of 47 for the warmest May highs and 20th of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Balombo is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.8 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
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 | 27.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 115 | 16.4 | 11.812 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bocoio in MayAngola · 70 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Longonjo in MayAngola · 80 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Ecunna in MayAngola · 87 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Cubal in MayAngola · 95 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Caála in MayAngola · 102 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Cela in MayAngola · 111 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Huambo in MayAngola · 115 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Lobito in MayAngola · 134 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 3.5 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.