Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuíto weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Cuíto: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 258 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Catchiungo (79 km away). In December its highs average 22.9°C, about as warm as Cuíto, with 290 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cuíto ranks joint 44th of 47 for the warmest December highs and 42nd of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Cuíto is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 258 mm to 240 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
Cuíto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 240 | 22.8 | 12.813 h |
| February | 23.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 190 | 20.3 | 12.513 h |
| March | 23.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 203 | 25.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 68 | 12.6 | 11.812 h |
| May | 24.7°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 11.612 h |
| June | 24.3°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| August | 27.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| September | 28.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 23 | 4.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 135 | 19.0 | 12.412 h |
| November | 23.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 217 | 25.8 | 12.713 h |
| December, selected | 23.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 258 | 25.6 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Catchiungo in DecemberAngola · 79 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 290 mm rain
- Huambo in DecemberAngola · 137 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 222 mm rain
- Caála in DecemberAngola · 158 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 279 mm rain
- Ecunna in DecemberAngola · 158 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 279 mm rain
- Longonjo in DecemberAngola · 192 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Cela in DecemberAngola · 224 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 158 mm rain
- Balombo in DecemberAngola · 235 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 224 mm rain
- Menongue in DecemberAngola · 266 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.2°C · 191 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 Cuíto) is explained once on the Cuíto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.