Climate averages 1991–2020

Porto Amboim weather
in March.

A hot, wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.4°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 25.4°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 107 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Porto Amboim · average highYear overview

March is a hot month in Porto Amboim: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sumbe (53 km away). In March its highs average 29.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Porto Amboim, with 128 mm of rain.

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Porto Amboim ranks 26th of 47 for the warmest March highs and 14th of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Porto Amboim is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 61 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Porto Amboim, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.4°C24.3°C24.3°C274.512.713 h
February 28.3°C25.0°C25.0°C355.612.512 h
March, selected 28.4°C25.4°C25.4°C10710.812.212 h
April 28.1°C25.3°C25.3°C617.511.912 h
May 27.3°C24.0°C24.0°C1.90.211.612 h
June 24.6°C21.2°C21.2°C0.40.011.512 h
July 22.8°C19.5°C19.5°C0.20.011.612 h
August 22.6°C19.0°C19.0°C0.30.111.812 h
September 23.6°C20.3°C20.3°C1.50.412.012 h
October 25.3°C22.5°C22.5°C102.512.312 h
November 26.7°C24.1°C24.1°C245.012.613 h
December 27.1°C24.2°C24.2°C304.512.713 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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Porto Amboim

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 limits

How 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.