Climate averages 1991–2020
Cafunfo weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Cafunfo: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malanje (201 km away). In August its highs average 31.2°C, 2.3°C cooler than Cafunfo, with 4.1 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cafunfo ranks 1st of 47 for the warmest August highs and joint 43rd of 47 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Cafunfo is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 103 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
Cafunfo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 168 | 21.2 | 12.613 h |
| February | 28.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 134 | 16.6 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 223 | 22.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 203 | 20.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 31.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 25 | 4.6 | 11.712 h |
| June | 32.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| July | 33.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August, selected | 33.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 13 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| September | 31.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 103 | 15.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 222 | 25.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 271 | 26.5 | 12.513 h |
| December | 27.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 226 | 24.8 | 12.613 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
- Malanje in AugustAngola · 201 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Bailundo in AugustAngola · 237 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Saurimo in AugustAngola · 281 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Lucapa in AugustAngola · 305 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Negage in AugustAngola · 320 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Chitato in AugustAngola · 343 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 31 mm rain
- N'dalatando in AugustAngola · 344 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Dundo in AugustAngola · 347 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 31 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 Cafunfo) is explained once on the Cafunfo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.