Climate averages 1991–2020
Malanje weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Malanje: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bailundo (38 km away). In August its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Malanje, with 4.0 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Malanje ranks 8th of 47 for the warmest August highs and 40th of 47 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Malanje is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.1 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Malanje climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 83 | 14.6 | 12.613 h |
| February | 28.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 86 | 13.2 | 12.412 h |
| March | 27.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 157 | 20.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 132 | 19.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 14 | 3.0 | 11.712 h |
| June | 29.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 30.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August, selected | 31.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 4.1 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 50 | 12.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 161 | 25.3 | 12.312 h |
| November | 26.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 184 | 24.4 | 12.513 h |
| December | 26.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 131 | 19.2 | 12.713 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
August in nearby cities
- Bailundo in AugustAngola · 38 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 4.0 mm rain
- N'dalatando in AugustAngola · 159 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Cafunfo in AugustAngola · 201 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Negage in AugustAngola · 230 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Cela in AugustAngola · 248 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Uíge in AugustAngola · 257 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Gabela in AugustAngola · 259 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Porto Amboim in AugustAngola · 311 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.3 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 Malanje) is explained once on the Malanje year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.