Climate averages 1991–2020
Huambo 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 Huambo: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 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 23 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caála (21 km away). In October its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Huambo, with 190 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Huambo ranks 37th of 47 for the warmest October highs and 32nd of 47 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 47 cities is 28.7°C; Huambo is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 136 mm to 216 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Caála in OctoberAngola · 21 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 190 mm rain
- Ecunna in OctoberAngola · 28 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 190 mm rain
- Longonjo in OctoberAngola · 55 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Catchiungo in OctoberAngola · 58 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 195 mm rain
- Balombo in OctoberAngola · 115 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 205 mm rain
- Cuíto in OctoberAngola · 137 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 135 mm rain
- Cubal in OctoberAngola · 165 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Cela in OctoberAngola · 165 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 145 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.