Climate averages 1991–2020
Huambo weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Huambo: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caála (21 km away). In April its highs average 23.6°C, about as warm as Huambo, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Huambo ranks joint 42nd of 47 for the warmest April highs and 11th of 47 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 47 cities is 28.1°C; Huambo is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 3.9 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Huambo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 206 | 20.6 | 12.813 h |
| February | 23.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 169 | 18.2 | 12.513 h |
| March | 23.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 187 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 23.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 67 | 11.9 | 11.812 h |
| May | 24.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 3.9 | 1.0 | 11.512 h |
| June | 24.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| August | 27.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| September | 28.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 23 | 3.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 136 | 18.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 24.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 216 | 24.6 | 12.713 h |
| December | 23.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 222 | 23.4 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Caála in AprilAngola · 21 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Ecunna in AprilAngola · 28 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Longonjo in AprilAngola · 55 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Catchiungo in AprilAngola · 58 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Balombo in AprilAngola · 115 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Cuíto in AprilAngola · 137 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Cubal in AprilAngola · 165 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Cela in AprilAngola · 165 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 84 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 Huambo) is explained once on the Huambo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.