Climate averages 1991–2020
Benguela weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Benguela: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baía Farta (23 km away). In December its highs average 27.5°C, 1.1°C cooler than Benguela, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Benguela ranks 14th of 47 for the warmest December highs and 12th of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Benguela is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Baía Farta in DecemberAngola · 23 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Lobito in DecemberAngola · 28 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Bocoio in DecemberAngola · 81 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 198 mm rain
- Cubal in DecemberAngola · 105 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Balombo in DecemberAngola · 151 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 224 mm rain
- Sumbe in DecemberAngola · 160 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Longonjo in DecemberAngola · 204 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Porto Amboim in DecemberAngola · 209 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 30 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.