Climate averages 1991–2020
Cela weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Cela: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gabela (103 km away). In October its highs average 25.6°C, 2.0°C cooler than Cela, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cela ranks 32nd of 47 for the warmest October highs and 35th of 47 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 47 cities is 28.7°C; Cela is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 145 mm to 191 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Gabela in OctoberAngola · 103 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Balombo in OctoberAngola · 111 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 205 mm rain
- Sumbe in OctoberAngola · 142 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Ecunna in OctoberAngola · 146 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 190 mm rain
- Bocoio in OctoberAngola · 158 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Huambo in OctoberAngola · 165 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 136 mm rain
- Longonjo in OctoberAngola · 166 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Caála in OctoberAngola · 166 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 190 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.