Climate averages 1991–2020
Cafunfo weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Cafunfo: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malanje (201 km away). In May its highs average 29.1°C, 2.4°C cooler than Cafunfo, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cafunfo ranks joint 5th of 47 for the warmest May highs and joint 38th of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Cafunfo is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 1.5 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Malanje in MayAngola · 201 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Bailundo in MayAngola · 237 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Saurimo in MayAngola · 281 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Lucapa in MayAngola · 305 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Negage in MayAngola · 320 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Chitato in MayAngola · 343 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 36 mm rain
- N'dalatando in MayAngola · 344 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Dundo in MayAngola · 347 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 36 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.