Climate averages 1991–2020
Calumbo weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Calumbo: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zango (15 km away). In August its highs average 29.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Calumbo, with 1.7 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Calumbo ranks joint 15th of 47 for the warmest August highs and joint 25th of 47 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Calumbo is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.5 mm to 5.5 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Calumbo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 71 | 10.3 | 12.613 h |
| February | 33.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 72 | 10.8 | 12.412 h |
| March | 32.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 116 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 31.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 129 | 16.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 32.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 12 | 2.0 | 11.712 h |
| June | 31.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| July | 29.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August, selected | 29.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 1.5 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 31.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 5.5 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 18 | 4.2 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 67 | 12.1 | 12.513 h |
| December | 32.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 69 | 11.5 | 12.613 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
August in nearby cities
- Zango in AugustAngola · 15 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Vila Flor in AugustAngola · 22 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Viana in AugustAngola · 27 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Mulenvos in AugustAngola · 32 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Luanda in AugustAngola · 40 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Cacuaco in AugustAngola · 41 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Kikolo in AugustAngola · 42 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Ramiros in AugustAngola · 42 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 0.4 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 Calumbo) is explained once on the Calumbo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.