Climate averages 1991–2020
Cela weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Cela: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gabela (103 km away). In December its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Cela, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cela ranks joint 37th of 47 for the warmest December highs and 26th of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Cela is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 133 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Gabela in DecemberAngola · 103 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Balombo in DecemberAngola · 111 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 224 mm rain
- Sumbe in DecemberAngola · 142 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Ecunna in DecemberAngola · 146 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 279 mm rain
- Bocoio in DecemberAngola · 158 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 198 mm rain
- Huambo in DecemberAngola · 165 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 222 mm rain
- Longonjo in DecemberAngola · 166 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Caála in DecemberAngola · 166 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 279 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.