Climate averages 1991–2020
Catchiungo weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Catchiungo: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 290 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huambo (58 km away). In December its highs average 23.4°C, about as warm as Catchiungo, with 222 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Catchiungo ranks 47th of 47 for the warmest December highs and 47th of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Catchiungo is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 290 mm to 255 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Catchiungo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 255 | 21.8 | 12.813 h |
| February | 23.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 216 | 19.7 | 12.513 h |
| March | 23.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 243 | 24.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 90 | 13.7 | 11.812 h |
| May | 24.2°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 4.7 | 1.1 | 11.512 h |
| June | 24.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| August | 27.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| September | 28.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 35 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 195 | 21.0 | 12.412 h |
| November | 23.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 296 | 26.3 | 12.713 h |
| December, selected | 22.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 290 | 25.6 | 12.813 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
December in nearby cities
- Huambo in DecemberAngola · 58 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 222 mm rain
- Caála in DecemberAngola · 79 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 279 mm rain
- Ecunna in DecemberAngola · 79 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 279 mm rain
- Cuíto in DecemberAngola · 79 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 258 mm rain
- Longonjo in DecemberAngola · 113 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Balombo in DecemberAngola · 160 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 224 mm rain
- Cela in DecemberAngola · 175 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 158 mm rain
- Cubal in DecemberAngola · 221 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 125 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 Catchiungo) is explained once on the Catchiungo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.