Climate averages 1991–2020
Lubango weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Lubango: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.9 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mossamedes (147 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, 4.8°C warmer than Lubango, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lubango ranks joint 46th of 47 for the warmest May highs and 28th of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Lubango is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.9 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Mossamedes in MayAngola · 147 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Matala in MayAngola · 167 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.2°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Cahama in MayAngola · 176 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Cubal in MayAngola · 224 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Baía Farta in MayAngola · 259 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Benguela in MayAngola · 260 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Bocoio in MayAngola · 281 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Lobito in MayAngola · 284 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 3.5 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.