Climate averages 1991–2020
Cela weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Cela: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gabela (103 km away). In May its highs average 26.5°C, 1.4°C cooler than Cela, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cela ranks 32nd of 47 for the warmest May highs and 16th of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Cela is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.1 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Gabela in MayAngola · 103 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Balombo in MayAngola · 111 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Sumbe in MayAngola · 142 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Ecunna in MayAngola · 146 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Bocoio in MayAngola · 158 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Huambo in MayAngola · 165 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Longonjo in MayAngola · 166 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Caála in MayAngola · 166 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 6.5 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.