Climate averages 1991–2020
Cahama weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Cahama: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ondjiva (175 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, 0.9°C cooler than Cahama, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cahama ranks 16th of 47 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Cahama is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 29.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 34 | 6.6 | 11.712 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ondjiva in MayAngola · 175 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Lubango in MayAngola · 176 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Matala in MayAngola · 189 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.2°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Mossamedes in MayAngola · 261 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Cubal in MayAngola · 361 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Longonjo in MayAngola · 389 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Caála in MayAngola · 405 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Menongue in MayAngola · 405 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 1.6 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.