Climate averages 1991–2020
Cela weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Cela: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gabela (103 km away). In April its highs average 26.0°C, about as warm as Cela, with 239 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cela ranks 37th of 47 for the warmest April highs and 18th of 47 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 47 cities is 28.1°C; Cela is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 4.1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Cela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 133 | 18.9 | 12.713 h |
| February | 26.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 114 | 16.4 | 12.512 h |
| March | 26.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 166 | 22.6 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 26.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 84 | 15.0 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 4.1 | 1.3 | 11.612 h |
| June | 28.2°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| July | 28.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| August | 30.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 36 | 9.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 145 | 26.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 191 | 26.6 | 12.613 h |
| December | 25.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 158 | 22.2 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Gabela in AprilAngola · 103 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 239 mm rain
- Balombo in AprilAngola · 111 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Sumbe in AprilAngola · 142 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Ecunna in AprilAngola · 146 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Bocoio in AprilAngola · 158 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Huambo in AprilAngola · 165 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Longonjo in AprilAngola · 166 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Caála in AprilAngola · 166 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 95 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 Cela) is explained once on the Cela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.