Climate averages 1991–2020

Cahama weather
in December.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.4°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 18.3°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 88 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Cahama · average highYear overview

December is a hot month in Cahama: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ondjiva (175 km away). In December its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Cahama, with 118 mm of rain.

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cahama ranks joint 2nd of 47 for the warmest December highs and 19th of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Cahama is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 100 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Cahama, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 30.5°C18.1°C18.1°C10012.413.013 h
February 29.6°C18.2°C18.2°C11813.112.613 h
March 28.6°C18.3°C18.3°C12517.112.212 h
April 29.5°C17.3°C17.3°C346.611.712 h
May 29.9°C15.1°C15.1°C0.80.111.411 h
June 28.0°C11.9°C11.9°C00.011.211 h
July 28.0°C11.6°C11.6°C00.011.311 h
August 31.0°C13.8°C13.8°C00.011.612 h
September 34.0°C16.3°C16.3°C2.50.512.012 h
October 34.8°C17.8°C17.8°C204.012.512 h
November 32.9°C18.4°C18.4°C569.912.913 h
December, selected 31.4°C18.3°C18.3°C8811.113.113 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

December in nearby cities

Distance from Cahama

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 limits

How 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.