Climate averages 1991–2020

Cela weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.8°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 12.1°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Cela: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Gabela (103 km away). In July its highs average 25.3°C, 3.5°C cooler than Cela, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cela ranks joint 14th of 47 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 47 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Cela is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.2 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Cela, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Cela

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 limits

How 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.