Climate averages 1991–2020
Calumbo weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Calumbo: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zango (15 km away). In March its highs average 32.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Calumbo, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Calumbo ranks 1st of 47 for the warmest March highs and 17th of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Calumbo is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 116 mm to 129 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Zango in MarchAngola · 15 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 122 mm rain
- Vila Flor in MarchAngola · 22 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Viana in MarchAngola · 27 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Mulenvos in MarchAngola · 32 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Luanda in MarchAngola · 40 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Cacuaco in MarchAngola · 41 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Kikolo in MarchAngola · 42 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Ramiros in MarchAngola · 42 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.5°C · 62 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.