Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuíto weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Cuíto: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 135 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Catchiungo (79 km away). In October its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Cuíto, with 195 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cuíto ranks 39th of 47 for the warmest October highs and joint 30th of 47 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 47 cities is 28.7°C; Cuíto is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 135 mm to 217 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Catchiungo in OctoberAngola · 79 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 195 mm rain
- Huambo in OctoberAngola · 137 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 136 mm rain
- Caála in OctoberAngola · 158 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 190 mm rain
- Ecunna in OctoberAngola · 158 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 190 mm rain
- Longonjo in OctoberAngola · 192 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Cela in OctoberAngola · 224 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 145 mm rain
- Balombo in OctoberAngola · 235 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 205 mm rain
- Menongue in OctoberAngola · 266 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 42 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.