Climate averages 1991–2020
Balombo weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Balombo: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 205 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bocoio (70 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Balombo, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Balombo ranks joint 18th of 47 for the warmest October highs and 44th of 47 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 47 cities is 28.7°C; Balombo is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 205 mm to 268 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bocoio in OctoberAngola · 70 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Longonjo in OctoberAngola · 80 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Ecunna in OctoberAngola · 87 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 190 mm rain
- Cubal in OctoberAngola · 95 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Caála in OctoberAngola · 102 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 190 mm rain
- Cela in OctoberAngola · 111 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 145 mm rain
- Huambo in OctoberAngola · 115 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 136 mm rain
- Lobito in OctoberAngola · 134 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 2.6 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.