Climate averages 1991–2020
Cafunfo weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Cafunfo: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 226 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malanje (201 km away). In December its highs average 26.5°C, 1.1°C cooler than Cafunfo, with 131 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cafunfo ranks joint 21st of 47 for the warmest December highs and 37th of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Cafunfo is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 226 mm to 168 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Malanje in DecemberAngola · 201 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 131 mm rain
- Bailundo in DecemberAngola · 237 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Saurimo in DecemberAngola · 281 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 229 mm rain
- Lucapa in DecemberAngola · 305 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 229 mm rain
- Negage in DecemberAngola · 320 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 252 mm rain
- Chitato in DecemberAngola · 343 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 212 mm rain
- N'dalatando in DecemberAngola · 344 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.6°C · 151 mm rain
- Dundo in DecemberAngola · 347 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 212 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.