Climate averages 1991–2020
Benguela weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Benguela: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baía Farta (23 km away). In April its highs average 29.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Benguela, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Benguela ranks joint 11th of 47 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 47 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 47 cities is 28.1°C; Benguela is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 1.9 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Benguela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 39 | 5.6 | 12.813 h |
| February | 29.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 48 | 5.6 | 12.513 h |
| March | 29.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 104 | 11.3 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 47 | 6.7 | 11.812 h |
| May | 28.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.9 | 0.2 | 11.512 h |
| June | 25.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 2.0 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 2.1 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| August | 24.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 1.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 25.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 5.4 | 1.6 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 19 | 4.1 | 12.713 h |
| December | 28.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 38 | 6.0 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Baía Farta in AprilAngola · 23 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Lobito in AprilAngola · 28 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Bocoio in AprilAngola · 81 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Cubal in AprilAngola · 105 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Balombo in AprilAngola · 151 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Sumbe in AprilAngola · 160 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Longonjo in AprilAngola · 204 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Porto Amboim in AprilAngola · 209 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 61 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 Benguela) is explained once on the Benguela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.