Climate averages 1991–2020
Catchiungo weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Catchiungo: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 255 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huambo (58 km away). In January its highs average 23.4°C, about as warm as Catchiungo, with 206 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Catchiungo ranks 47th of 47 for the warmest January highs and 47th of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Catchiungo is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 255 mm to 216 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Huambo in JanuaryAngola · 58 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Caála in JanuaryAngola · 79 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 249 mm rain
- Ecunna in JanuaryAngola · 79 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 249 mm rain
- Cuíto in JanuaryAngola · 79 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 240 mm rain
- Longonjo in JanuaryAngola · 113 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 203 mm rain
- Balombo in JanuaryAngola · 160 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 171 mm rain
- Cela in JanuaryAngola · 175 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Cubal in JanuaryAngola · 221 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 96 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.