Climate averages 1991–2020
Lubango weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Lubango: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 251 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mossamedes (147 km away). In January its highs average 27.8°C, 4.4°C warmer than Lubango, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lubango ranks joint 43rd of 47 for the warmest January highs and 46th of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Lubango is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 251 mm to 253 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
Lubango climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Mossamedes in JanuaryAngola · 147 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Matala in JanuaryAngola · 167 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Cahama in JanuaryAngola · 176 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Cubal in JanuaryAngola · 224 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Baía Farta in JanuaryAngola · 259 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Benguela in JanuaryAngola · 260 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Bocoio in JanuaryAngola · 281 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 143 mm rain
- Lobito in JanuaryAngola · 284 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 29 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.