Climate averages 1991–2020
Benguela weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Benguela: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 1.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baía Farta (23 km away). In August its highs average 22.7°C, 1.3°C cooler than Benguela, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Benguela ranks 43rd of 47 for the warmest August highs and joint 17th of 47 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Benguela is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.1 mm to 1.8 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Baía Farta in AugustAngola · 23 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Lobito in AugustAngola · 28 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Bocoio in AugustAngola · 81 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Cubal in AugustAngola · 105 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Balombo in AugustAngola · 151 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Sumbe in AugustAngola · 160 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Longonjo in AugustAngola · 204 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Porto Amboim in AugustAngola · 209 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.3 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.