Climate averages 1991–2020

Malanje weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.3°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 13.9°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Malanje: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bailundo (38 km away). In July its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Malanje, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Malanje ranks 8th of 47 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 47 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Malanje is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 4.1 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Malanje, 1991–2020
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, selected	30.3°C13.9°C	13.9°C	0	0.0	11.612 h
August	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Malanje

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 limits

How 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.