Climate averages 1991–2020
Benguela weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Benguela: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baía Farta (23 km away). In May its highs average 27.6°C, 1.3°C cooler than Benguela, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Benguela ranks joint 25th of 47 for the warmest May highs and joint 8th of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Benguela is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.9 mm to 2.0 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Baía Farta in MayAngola · 23 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Lobito in MayAngola · 28 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Bocoio in MayAngola · 81 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Cubal in MayAngola · 105 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Balombo in MayAngola · 151 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Sumbe in MayAngola · 160 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Longonjo in MayAngola · 204 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Porto Amboim in MayAngola · 209 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 1.9 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.