Climate averages 1991–2020
Benguela weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Benguela: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baía Farta (23 km away). In February its highs average 28.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Benguela, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Benguela ranks joint 12th of 47 for the warmest February highs and 12th of 47 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 47 cities is 28.4°C; Benguela is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs stay level at 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 104 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Baía Farta in FebruaryAngola · 23 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Lobito in FebruaryAngola · 28 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Bocoio in FebruaryAngola · 81 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 161 mm rain
- Cubal in FebruaryAngola · 105 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Balombo in FebruaryAngola · 151 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 168 mm rain
- Sumbe in FebruaryAngola · 160 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Longonjo in FebruaryAngola · 204 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Porto Amboim in FebruaryAngola · 209 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 35 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.