Climate averages 1991–2020
Chitato weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Chitato: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundo (12 km away). In May its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Chitato, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Chitato ranks 9th of 47 for the warmest May highs and joint 41st of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Chitato is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 4.2 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
Chitato climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 170 | 23.1 | 12.512 h |
| February | 28.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 149 | 20.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 190 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 178 | 21.9 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 31.2°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 36 | 6.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 32.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 4.2 | 0.8 | 11.712 h |
| July | 33.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 32.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 31 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 106 | 16.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 170 | 24.3 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 207 | 26.6 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 212 | 26.1 | 12.513 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
- Dundo in MayAngola · 12 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Tshikapa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 99 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Lucapa in MayAngola · 124 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Kananga in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 243 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Saurimo in MayAngola · 265 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Mweka in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 287 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Idiofa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 289 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 302 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 26 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 Chitato) is explained once on the Chitato year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Dundo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.