Climate averages 1991–2020
Lubango weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Lubango: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 330 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mossamedes (147 km away). In March its highs average 29.5°C, 6.2°C warmer than Lubango, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lubango ranks 46th of 47 for the warmest March highs and 47th of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Lubango is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 330 mm to 130 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Mossamedes in MarchAngola · 147 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Matala in MarchAngola · 167 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 192 mm rain
- Cahama in MarchAngola · 176 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 125 mm rain
- Cubal in MarchAngola · 224 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 193 mm rain
- Baía Farta in MarchAngola · 259 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Benguela in MarchAngola · 260 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 104 mm rain
- Bocoio in MarchAngola · 281 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 256 mm rain
- Lobito in MarchAngola · 284 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 97 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.