Climate averages 1991–2020
Lobito weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Lobito: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Benguela (28 km away). In February its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Lobito, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lobito ranks 14th of 47 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 47 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 47 cities is 28.4°C; Lobito is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 97 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Benguela in FebruaryAngola · 28 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Baía Farta in FebruaryAngola · 45 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Bocoio in FebruaryAngola · 66 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 161 mm rain
- Cubal in FebruaryAngola · 107 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Sumbe in FebruaryAngola · 133 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Balombo in FebruaryAngola · 134 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 168 mm rain
- Porto Amboim in FebruaryAngola · 183 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Gabela in FebruaryAngola · 192 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 118 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.