Climate averages 1991–2020
Porto Amboim weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Porto Amboim: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sumbe (53 km away). In May its highs average 28.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than Porto Amboim, with 1.6 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Porto Amboim ranks 37th of 47 for the warmest May highs and joint 8th of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Porto Amboim is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.9 mm to under 1 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
Porto Amboim climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Sumbe in MayAngola · 53 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Gabela in MayAngola · 68 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Cela in MayAngola · 167 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Calumbo in MayAngola · 180 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Lobito in MayAngola · 183 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Zango in MayAngola · 196 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Bocoio in MayAngola · 197 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Vila Flor in MayAngola · 201 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 9.7 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.