Climate averages 1991–2020

Matala weather
in January.

A warm, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.9°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 17.5°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 146 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Matala: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubango (167 km away). In January its highs average 23.4°C, 4.5°C cooler than Matala, with 251 mm of rain.

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Matala ranks 23rd of 47 for the warmest January highs and 27th of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Matala is level with that mean.

From January to February, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 146 mm to 160 mm.

The annual picture

January 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

Matala climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Matala, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Matala

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 Matala) is explained once on the Matala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.