Climate averages 1991–2020
Cubal weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 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 Cubal: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bocoio (64 km away). In May its highs average 28.7°C, 2.0°C cooler than Cubal, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cubal ranks 13th of 47 for the warmest May highs and 11th of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Cubal is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.0 mm to under 1 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bocoio in MayAngola · 64 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Balombo in MayAngola · 95 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Benguela in MayAngola · 105 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Lobito in MayAngola · 107 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Longonjo in MayAngola · 110 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Baía Farta in MayAngola · 124 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Ecunna in MayAngola · 142 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Caála in MayAngola · 144 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 6.5 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.