Climate averages 1991–2020

Menongue weather
in October.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

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

Average high 32.4°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 17.2°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 42 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a hot month in Menongue: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuíto (266 km away). In October its highs average 26.6°C, 5.8°C cooler than Menongue, with 135 mm of rain.

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Menongue ranks 4th of 47 for the warmest October highs and 22nd of 47 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 47 cities is 28.7°C; Menongue is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 128 mm.

The annual picture

October 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

Menongue climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Menongue, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Menongue

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