Climate averages 1991–2020
Cahama weather
in October.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Cahama: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ondjiva (175 km away). In October its highs average 34.8°C, about as warm as Cahama, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cahama ranks joint 1st of 47 for the warmest October highs and 20th of 47 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 47 cities is 28.7°C; Cahama is 6.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Ondjiva in OctoberAngola · 175 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Lubango in OctoberAngola · 176 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Matala in OctoberAngola · 189 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Mossamedes in OctoberAngola · 261 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Cubal in OctoberAngola · 361 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Longonjo in OctoberAngola · 389 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Caála in OctoberAngola · 405 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 190 mm rain
- Menongue in OctoberAngola · 405 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 42 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.