Climate averages 1991–2020
Huambo weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th 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 Huambo: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.9 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caála (21 km away). In May its highs average 24.5°C, about as warm as Huambo, with 6.5 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Huambo ranks 43rd of 47 for the warmest May highs and 15th of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Huambo is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.9 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Caála in MayAngola · 21 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Ecunna in MayAngola · 28 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Longonjo in MayAngola · 55 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Catchiungo in MayAngola · 58 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Balombo in MayAngola · 115 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Cuíto in MayAngola · 137 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 11.1°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Cubal in MayAngola · 165 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Cela in MayAngola · 165 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 4.1 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.