Climate averages 1991–2020

Matala weather
in March.

A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 26.6°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 17.4°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 192 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Matala: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 192 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes March a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubango (167 km away). In March its highs average 23.3°C, 3.3°C cooler than Matala, with 330 mm of rain.

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Matala ranks 35th of 47 for the warmest March highs and 30th of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Matala is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 192 mm to 57 mm.

The annual picture

March 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	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, selected	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

March 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.