Climate averages 1991–2020
Saurimo weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Saurimo: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 229 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lucapa (143 km away). In December its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Saurimo, with 229 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Saurimo ranks joint 30th of 47 for the warmest December highs and joint 38th of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Saurimo is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 229 mm to 212 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
Saurimo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 212 | 25.0 | 12.613 h |
| February | 27.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 181 | 22.8 | 12.412 h |
| March | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 210 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 117 | 16.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 30.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 6.0 | 1.5 | 11.712 h |
| June | 30.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| July | 31.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 32.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 31.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 46 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 143 | 22.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 219 | 27.0 | 12.513 h |
| December, selected | 26.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 229 | 27.2 | 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
- Lucapa in DecemberAngola · 143 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 229 mm rain
- Luena in DecemberAngola · 242 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 224 mm rain
- Dundo in DecemberAngola · 259 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 212 mm rain
- Chitato in DecemberAngola · 265 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 212 mm rain
- Mwene in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 215 mm rain
- Cafunfo in DecemberAngola · 281 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Tshilenge in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 310 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 286 mm rain
- Tshikapa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 174 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 Saurimo) is explained once on the Saurimo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.