Climate averages 1991–2020
Porto Amboim weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Porto Amboim: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sumbe (53 km away). In January its highs average 28.6°C, 1.3°C warmer than Porto Amboim, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Porto Amboim ranks 29th of 47 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Porto Amboim is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Porto Amboim climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 27 | 4.5 | 12.713 h |
| February | 28.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 35 | 5.6 | 12.512 h |
| March | 28.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 107 | 10.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 61 | 7.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 1.9 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| June | 24.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| July | 22.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 22.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 23.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 10 | 2.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 26.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 24 | 5.0 | 12.613 h |
| December | 27.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 30 | 4.5 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sumbe in JanuaryAngola · 53 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Gabela in JanuaryAngola · 68 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Cela in JanuaryAngola · 167 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Calumbo in JanuaryAngola · 180 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Lobito in JanuaryAngola · 183 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Zango in JanuaryAngola · 196 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Bocoio in JanuaryAngola · 197 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 143 mm rain
- Vila Flor in JanuaryAngola · 201 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 48 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 Porto Amboim) is explained once on the Porto Amboim year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.