Climate averages 1991–2020
Lubango weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Lubango: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mossamedes (147 km away). In April its highs average 30.3°C, 6.5°C warmer than Lubango, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lubango ranks joint 42nd of 47 for the warmest April highs and 33rd of 47 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 47 cities is 28.1°C; Lubango is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 130 mm to 6.9 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Lubango climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 251 | 20.4 | 12.913 h |
| February | 23.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 253 | 18.5 | 12.613 h |
| March | 23.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 330 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 23.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 130 | 12.4 | 11.812 h |
| May | 24.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.9 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| June | 23.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| July | 24.1°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| August | 26.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| September | 28.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 13 | 2.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 87 | 12.0 | 12.412 h |
| November | 24.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 227 | 19.8 | 12.813 h |
| December | 23.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 260 | 20.1 | 13.013 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
April in nearby cities
- Mossamedes in AprilAngola · 147 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Matala in AprilAngola · 167 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Cahama in AprilAngola · 176 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Cubal in AprilAngola · 224 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Baía Farta in AprilAngola · 259 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Benguela in AprilAngola · 260 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Bocoio in AprilAngola · 281 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Lobito in AprilAngola · 284 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 39 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 Lubango) is explained once on the Lubango year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.