Climate averages 1991–2020
Cafunfo weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Cafunfo: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 168 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes January a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malanje (201 km away). In January its highs average 27.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Cafunfo, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cafunfo ranks 22nd of 47 for the warmest January highs and 30th of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Cafunfo is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 168 mm to 134 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
Cafunfo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Malanje in JanuaryAngola · 201 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 83 mm rain
- Bailundo in JanuaryAngola · 237 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Saurimo in JanuaryAngola · 281 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 212 mm rain
- Lucapa in JanuaryAngola · 305 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 208 mm rain
- Negage in JanuaryAngola · 320 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 179 mm rain
- Chitato in JanuaryAngola · 343 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 170 mm rain
- N'dalatando in JanuaryAngola · 344 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Dundo in JanuaryAngola · 347 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 170 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.