Climate averages 1991–2020
Calumbo weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Calumbo: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zango (15 km away). In May its highs average 31.7°C, 0.8°C cooler than Calumbo, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Calumbo ranks 1st of 47 for the warmest May highs and joint 31st of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Calumbo is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Zango in MayAngola · 15 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Vila Flor in MayAngola · 22 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Viana in MayAngola · 27 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Mulenvos in MayAngola · 32 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Luanda in MayAngola · 40 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Cacuaco in MayAngola · 41 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Kikolo in MayAngola · 42 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Ramiros in MayAngola · 42 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 4.6 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 Calumbo) is explained once on the Calumbo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.