Climate averages 1991–2020
Cubal weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Cubal: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bocoio (64 km away). In December its highs average 26.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Cubal, with 198 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cubal ranks joint 23rd of 47 for the warmest December highs and 22nd of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Cubal is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 125 mm to 96 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Cubal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 96 | 12.3 | 12.813 h |
| February | 28.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 113 | 13.9 | 12.513 h |
| March | 28.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 193 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 79 | 12.9 | 11.812 h |
| May | 30.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 2.0 | 0.5 | 11.512 h |
| June | 30.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| July | 30.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| August | 31.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 32.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 6.9 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 50 | 12.3 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 129 | 19.8 | 12.713 h |
| December, selected | 27.5°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 125 | 15.9 | 12.913 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
December in nearby cities
- Bocoio in DecemberAngola · 64 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 198 mm rain
- Balombo in DecemberAngola · 95 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 224 mm rain
- Benguela in DecemberAngola · 105 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Lobito in DecemberAngola · 107 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Longonjo in DecemberAngola · 110 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Baía Farta in DecemberAngola · 124 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Ecunna in DecemberAngola · 142 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 279 mm rain
- Caála in DecemberAngola · 144 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 279 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 Cubal) is explained once on the Cubal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.