Climate averages 1991–2020
Mossamedes weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Mossamedes: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry 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 (147 km away). In March its highs average 23.3°C, 6.2°C cooler than Mossamedes, with 330 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Mossamedes ranks joint 12th of 47 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Mossamedes is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 36 | 5.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Lubango in MarchAngola · 147 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 330 mm rain
- Cahama in MarchAngola · 261 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 125 mm rain
- Baía Farta in MarchAngola · 309 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Matala in MarchAngola · 314 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 192 mm rain
- Benguela in MarchAngola · 321 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 104 mm rain
- Cubal in MarchAngola · 329 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 193 mm rain
- Lobito in MarchAngola · 349 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Bocoio in MarchAngola · 371 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 256 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.