Climate averages 1991–2020
Huambo weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: one of 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 Huambo: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 222 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caála (21 km away). In December its highs average 23.2°C, about as warm as Huambo, with 279 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Huambo ranks 43rd of 47 for the warmest December highs and 34th of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Huambo is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 222 mm to 206 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Caála in DecemberAngola · 21 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 279 mm rain
- Ecunna in DecemberAngola · 28 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 279 mm rain
- Longonjo in DecemberAngola · 55 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Catchiungo in DecemberAngola · 58 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 290 mm rain
- Balombo in DecemberAngola · 115 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 224 mm rain
- Cuíto in DecemberAngola · 137 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 258 mm rain
- Cubal in DecemberAngola · 165 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Cela in DecemberAngola · 165 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 158 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.