Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuíto weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Cuíto: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.8 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 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Catchiungo (79 km away). In May its highs average 24.2°C, about as warm as Cuíto, with 4.7 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cuíto ranks 42nd of 47 for the warmest May highs and 12th of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Cuíto is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.8 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Catchiungo in MayAngola · 79 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Huambo in MayAngola · 137 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Caála in MayAngola · 158 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Ecunna in MayAngola · 158 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Longonjo in MayAngola · 192 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Cela in MayAngola · 224 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Balombo in MayAngola · 235 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Menongue in MayAngola · 266 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 1.6 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.