Climate averages 1991–2020

Cubal weather
in January.

A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 18.3°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 96 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Cubal: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bocoio (64 km away). In January its highs average 26.5°C, 1.7°C cooler than Cubal, with 143 mm of rain.

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cubal ranks joint 19th of 47 for the warmest January highs and 21st of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Cubal is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 113 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Cubal, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Cubal

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 limits

How 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.