Climate averages 1991–2020
Lubango weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Lubango: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mossamedes (147 km away). In October its highs average 25.8°C, 1.9°C cooler than Lubango, with 1.5 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lubango ranks joint 30th of 47 for the warmest October highs and 26th of 47 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 47 cities is 28.7°C; Lubango is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 227 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mossamedes in OctoberAngola · 147 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Matala in OctoberAngola · 167 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Cahama in OctoberAngola · 176 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Cubal in OctoberAngola · 224 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Baía Farta in OctoberAngola · 259 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Benguela in OctoberAngola · 260 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Bocoio in OctoberAngola · 281 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Lobito in OctoberAngola · 284 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 2.6 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.