Climate averages 1991–2020
Mossamedes weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Mossamedes: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubango (147 km away). In April its highs average 23.8°C, 6.5°C cooler than Mossamedes, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Mossamedes ranks 10th of 47 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 47 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 47 cities is 28.1°C; Mossamedes is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Mossamedes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 18 | 3.4 | 12.913 h |
| February | 28.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 25 | 3.7 | 12.613 h |
| March | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 36 | 5.9 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 30.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 14 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| May | 29.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| June | 26.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.211 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| August | 22.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| September | 23.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 5.3 | 1.3 | 12.813 h |
| December | 27.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 15 | 3.3 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Lubango in AprilAngola · 147 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Cahama in AprilAngola · 261 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Baía Farta in AprilAngola · 309 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Matala in AprilAngola · 314 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Benguela in AprilAngola · 321 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Cubal in AprilAngola · 329 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Lobito in AprilAngola · 349 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Bocoio in AprilAngola · 371 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 159 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 Mossamedes) is explained once on the Mossamedes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.