Climate averages 1991–2020
Cela weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Cela: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 2.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gabela (103 km away). In August its highs average 25.4°C, 5.1°C cooler than Cela, with 3.1 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cela ranks 12th of 47 for the warmest August highs and 33rd of 47 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Cela is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.2 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Gabela in AugustAngola · 103 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Balombo in AugustAngola · 111 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Sumbe in AugustAngola · 142 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ecunna in AugustAngola · 146 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Bocoio in AugustAngola · 158 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Huambo in AugustAngola · 165 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 11.4°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Longonjo in AugustAngola · 166 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Caála in AugustAngola · 166 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 1.8 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.