Climate averages 1991–2020
Matala weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Matala: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubango (167 km away). In April its highs average 23.8°C, 3.5°C cooler than Matala, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Matala ranks joint 34th of 47 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 47 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 47 cities is 28.1°C; Matala is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 1.1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Matala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 146 | 15.6 | 12.913 h |
| February | 27.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 160 | 16.1 | 12.613 h |
| March | 26.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 192 | 21.5 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 27.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 57 | 9.2 | 11.812 h |
| May | 28.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| June | 27.5°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| July | 27.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| August | 30.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| September | 33.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 4.4 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 33.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 39 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 124 | 16.2 | 12.813 h |
| December | 28.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 162 | 16.4 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Lubango in AprilAngola · 167 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Cahama in AprilAngola · 189 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Longonjo in AprilAngola · 204 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Cubal in AprilAngola · 207 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Caála in AprilAngola · 217 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Huambo in AprilAngola · 230 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Ecunna in AprilAngola · 234 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Balombo in AprilAngola · 266 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 115 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 Matala) is explained once on the Matala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.