Climate averages 1991–2020
Lubango weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Lubango: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mossamedes (147 km away). In September its highs average 23.6°C, 5.0°C cooler than Lubango, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lubango ranks joint 28th of 47 for the warmest September highs and 26th of 47 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 47 cities is 29.0°C; Lubango is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 87 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Mossamedes in SeptemberAngola · 147 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Matala in SeptemberAngola · 167 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Cahama in SeptemberAngola · 176 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Cubal in SeptemberAngola · 224 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Baía Farta in SeptemberAngola · 259 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Benguela in SeptemberAngola · 260 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Bocoio in SeptemberAngola · 281 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Lobito in SeptemberAngola · 284 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.6 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.