Climate averages 1991–2020
N'dalatando weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in N'dalatando: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bailundo (123 km away). In December its highs average 26.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than N'dalatando, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, N'dalatando ranks joint 26th of 47 for the warmest December highs and 24th of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; N'dalatando is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 151 mm to 107 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
N'dalatando climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 107 | 15.1 | 12.613 h |
| February | 28.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 104 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 194 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 239 | 24.3 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 37 | 6.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 29.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 28.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 28.4°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 28.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 19 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 77 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 202 | 22.7 | 12.513 h |
| December, selected | 27.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 151 | 19.5 | 12.713 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
- Bailundo in DecemberAngola · 123 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Malanje in DecemberAngola · 159 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 131 mm rain
- Calumbo in DecemberAngola · 165 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Zango in DecemberAngola · 171 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Panguíla in DecemberAngola · 174 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Viana in DecemberAngola · 174 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Negage in DecemberAngola · 176 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 252 mm rain
- Cacuaco in DecemberAngola · 178 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 33 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 N'dalatando) is explained once on the N'dalatando year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.