Climate averages 1991–2020
Cela weather
in September.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Cela: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gabela (103 km away). In September its highs average 26.3°C, 4.1°C cooler than Cela, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cela ranks 17th of 47 for the warmest September highs and 37th of 47 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 47 cities is 29.0°C; Cela is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 145 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Gabela in SeptemberAngola · 103 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Balombo in SeptemberAngola · 111 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Sumbe in SeptemberAngola · 142 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Ecunna in SeptemberAngola · 146 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Bocoio in SeptemberAngola · 158 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Huambo in SeptemberAngola · 165 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Longonjo in SeptemberAngola · 166 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Caála in SeptemberAngola · 166 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 30 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.