Climate averages 1991–2020
Cahama weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Cahama: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ondjiva (175 km away). In January its highs average 29.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Cahama, with 152 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cahama ranks 10th of 47 for the warmest January highs and 22nd of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Cahama is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 100 mm to 118 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
Cahama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ondjiva in JanuaryAngola · 175 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 152 mm rain
- Lubango in JanuaryAngola · 176 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 251 mm rain
- Matala in JanuaryAngola · 189 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Mossamedes in JanuaryAngola · 261 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Cubal in JanuaryAngola · 361 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Longonjo in JanuaryAngola · 389 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 203 mm rain
- Caála in JanuaryAngola · 405 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 249 mm rain
- Menongue in JanuaryAngola · 405 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 172 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.