Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuíto weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Cuíto: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 240 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Catchiungo (79 km away). In January its highs average 23.0°C, 0.5°C cooler than Cuíto, with 255 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cuíto ranks 42nd of 47 for the warmest January highs and 43rd of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Cuíto is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 240 mm to 190 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Catchiungo in JanuaryAngola · 79 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 255 mm rain
- Huambo in JanuaryAngola · 137 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Caála in JanuaryAngola · 158 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 249 mm rain
- Ecunna in JanuaryAngola · 158 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 249 mm rain
- Longonjo in JanuaryAngola · 192 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 203 mm rain
- Cela in JanuaryAngola · 224 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Balombo in JanuaryAngola · 235 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 171 mm rain
- Menongue in JanuaryAngola · 266 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 172 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.