Climate averages 1991–2020
Menongue weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Menongue: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 5.5 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuíto (266 km away). In September its highs average 28.8°C, 3.9°C cooler than Menongue, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Menongue ranks 4th of 47 for the warmest September highs and joint 19th of 47 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 47 cities is 29.0°C; Menongue is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.5 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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 | 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
September in nearby cities
- Cuíto in SeptemberAngola · 266 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Catchiungo in SeptemberAngola · 281 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Matala in SeptemberAngola · 286 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Huambo in SeptemberAngola · 297 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Caála in SeptemberAngola · 305 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Ecunna in SeptemberAngola · 323 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Longonjo in SeptemberAngola · 328 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Ondjiva in SeptemberAngola · 340 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 1.8 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.