Climate averages 1991–2020
Cahama weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Cahama: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ondjiva (175 km away). In April its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Cahama, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cahama ranks 15th of 47 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 47 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 47 cities is 28.1°C; Cahama is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Cahama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 100 | 12.4 | 13.013 h |
| February | 29.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 118 | 13.1 | 12.613 h |
| March | 28.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 125 | 17.1 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 29.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 34 | 6.6 | 11.712 h |
| May | 29.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| June | 28.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.211 h |
| July | 28.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| August | 31.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| September | 34.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 34.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 20 | 4.0 | 12.512 h |
| November | 32.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 56 | 9.9 | 12.913 h |
| December | 31.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 88 | 11.1 | 13.113 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
April in nearby cities
- Ondjiva in AprilAngola · 175 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Lubango in AprilAngola · 176 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Matala in AprilAngola · 189 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Mossamedes in AprilAngola · 261 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Cubal in AprilAngola · 361 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Longonjo in AprilAngola · 389 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Caála in AprilAngola · 405 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Menongue in AprilAngola · 405 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 40 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 Cahama) is explained once on the Cahama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.