Climate averages 1991–2020
Cafunfo weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Cafunfo: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 222 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malanje (201 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Cafunfo, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cafunfo ranks joint 22nd of 47 for the warmest October highs and 45th of 47 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 47 cities is 28.7°C; Cafunfo is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 222 mm to 271 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Malanje in OctoberAngola · 201 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 161 mm rain
- Bailundo in OctoberAngola · 237 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 141 mm rain
- Saurimo in OctoberAngola · 281 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 143 mm rain
- Lucapa in OctoberAngola · 305 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 149 mm rain
- Negage in OctoberAngola · 320 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 270 mm rain
- Chitato in OctoberAngola · 343 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 170 mm rain
- N'dalatando in OctoberAngola · 344 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Dundo in OctoberAngola · 347 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.3°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.