Climate averages 1991–2020
Lobito weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Lobito: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Benguela (28 km away). In December its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Lobito, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lobito ranks 15th of 47 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Lobito is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 29 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
Lobito climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 29 | 3.8 | 12.813 h |
| February | 29.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 40 | 4.0 | 12.513 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 97 | 8.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 39 | 4.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 28.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 3.5 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| June | 26.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 1.7 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 1.7 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| August | 24.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 25.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 13 | 2.3 | 12.713 h |
| December, selected | 28.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 25 | 4.1 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Benguela in DecemberAngola · 28 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Baía Farta in DecemberAngola · 45 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Bocoio in DecemberAngola · 66 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 198 mm rain
- Cubal in DecemberAngola · 107 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Sumbe in DecemberAngola · 133 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Balombo in DecemberAngola · 134 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 224 mm rain
- Porto Amboim in DecemberAngola · 183 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Gabela in DecemberAngola · 192 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 156 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 Lobito) is explained once on the Lobito year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.