Climate averages 1991–2020
Malanje weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Malanje: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bailundo (38 km away). In October its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Malanje, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Malanje ranks joint 18th of 47 for the warmest October highs and 38th of 47 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 47 cities is 28.7°C; Malanje is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 161 mm to 184 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bailundo in OctoberAngola · 38 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 141 mm rain
- N'dalatando in OctoberAngola · 159 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Cafunfo in OctoberAngola · 201 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 222 mm rain
- Negage in OctoberAngola · 230 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 270 mm rain
- Cela in OctoberAngola · 248 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 145 mm rain
- Uíge in OctoberAngola · 257 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 237 mm rain
- Gabela in OctoberAngola · 259 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Porto Amboim in OctoberAngola · 311 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 10 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.