Climate averages 1991–2020

Cahama weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: one of the coolest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 28.0°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 11.6°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Cahama · average highYear overview

July is a hot month in Cahama: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ondjiva (175 km away). In July its highs average 26.9°C, 1.1°C cooler than Cahama, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cahama ranks 21st of 47 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 47 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Cahama is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

July 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, selected 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 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

July 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.