Climate averages 1991–2020
Lobito weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Lobito: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Benguela (28 km away). In January its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Lobito, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lobito ranks joint 14th of 47 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Lobito is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Benguela in JanuaryAngola · 28 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Baía Farta in JanuaryAngola · 45 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Bocoio in JanuaryAngola · 66 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 143 mm rain
- Cubal in JanuaryAngola · 107 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Sumbe in JanuaryAngola · 133 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Balombo in JanuaryAngola · 134 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 171 mm rain
- Porto Amboim in JanuaryAngola · 183 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Gabela in JanuaryAngola · 192 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 107 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.