Climate averages 1991–2020
Menongue weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Menongue: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 191 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuíto (266 km away). In December its highs average 23.3°C, 3.4°C cooler than Menongue, with 258 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Menongue ranks joint 30th of 47 for the warmest December highs and 28th of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Menongue is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 191 mm to 172 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Menongue climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 172 | 21.2 | 12.913 h |
| February | 26.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 166 | 19.5 | 12.613 h |
| March | 25.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 167 | 21.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 40 | 7.7 | 11.812 h |
| May | 27.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 11.411 h |
| June | 26.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| July | 26.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| August | 29.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| September | 32.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 5.5 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.4°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 42 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 128 | 19.4 | 12.813 h |
| December, selected | 26.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 191 | 22.5 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Cuíto in DecemberAngola · 266 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 258 mm rain
- Catchiungo in DecemberAngola · 281 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 290 mm rain
- Matala in DecemberAngola · 286 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 162 mm rain
- Huambo in DecemberAngola · 297 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 222 mm rain
- Caála in DecemberAngola · 305 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 279 mm rain
- Ecunna in DecemberAngola · 323 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 279 mm rain
- Longonjo in DecemberAngola · 328 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Ondjiva in DecemberAngola · 340 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 118 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 Menongue) is explained once on the Menongue year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.