Climate averages 1991–2020
Barra do Dande weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Barra do Dande: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panguíla (26 km away). In January its highs average 31.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Barra do Dande, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Barra do Dande ranks 11th of 47 for the warmest January highs and 7th of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Barra do Dande is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 46 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
Barra do Dande climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 37 | 5.7 | 12.613 h |
| February | 30.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 46 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| March | 30.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 66 | 10.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 77 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 4.4 | 1.1 | 11.712 h |
| June | 27.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| July | 25.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 25.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 8.2 | 2.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 30 | 5.9 | 12.512 h |
| December | 29.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 27 | 5.6 | 12.613 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
- Panguíla in JanuaryAngola · 26 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Cacuaco in JanuaryAngola · 34 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Kikolo in JanuaryAngola · 35 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Luanda in JanuaryAngola · 43 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Mulenvos in JanuaryAngola · 44 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Viana in JanuaryAngola · 48 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Vila Flor in JanuaryAngola · 57 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Zango in JanuaryAngola · 60 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 80 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 Barra do Dande) is explained once on the Barra do Dande year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.