Climate averages 1991–2020
N'dalatando weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in N'dalatando: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bailundo (123 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as N'dalatando, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, N'dalatando ranks joint 20th of 47 for the warmest May highs and 43rd of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; N'dalatando is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 1.0 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bailundo in MayAngola · 123 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Malanje in MayAngola · 159 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Calumbo in MayAngola · 165 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Zango in MayAngola · 171 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Panguíla in MayAngola · 174 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Viana in MayAngola · 174 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Negage in MayAngola · 176 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Cacuaco in MayAngola · 178 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 6.3 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.