Climate averages 1991–2020
Lubango weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Lubango: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 260 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mossamedes (147 km away). In December its highs average 27.4°C, 3.6°C warmer than Lubango, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lubango ranks 42nd of 47 for the warmest December highs and 43rd of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Lubango is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 260 mm to 251 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Mossamedes in DecemberAngola · 147 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Matala in DecemberAngola · 167 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 162 mm rain
- Cahama in DecemberAngola · 176 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 88 mm rain
- Cubal in DecemberAngola · 224 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Baía Farta in DecemberAngola · 259 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Benguela in DecemberAngola · 260 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Bocoio in DecemberAngola · 281 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 198 mm rain
- Lobito in DecemberAngola · 284 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 25 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.