Climate averages 1991–2020
Benguela weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Benguela: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 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 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baía Farta (23 km away). In January its highs average 27.8°C, 1.1°C cooler than Benguela, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Benguela ranks joint 14th of 47 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Benguela is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 48 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
Benguela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Baía Farta in JanuaryAngola · 23 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Lobito in JanuaryAngola · 28 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Bocoio in JanuaryAngola · 81 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 143 mm rain
- Cubal in JanuaryAngola · 105 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Balombo in JanuaryAngola · 151 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 171 mm rain
- Sumbe in JanuaryAngola · 160 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Longonjo in JanuaryAngola · 204 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 203 mm rain
- Porto Amboim in JanuaryAngola · 209 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 27 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.