Climate averages 1991–2020

Saurimo weather
in February.

A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.5°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 18.4°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 181 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in Saurimo: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 181 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lucapa (143 km away). In February its highs average 28.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Saurimo, with 177 mm of rain.

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Saurimo ranks 32nd of 47 for the warmest February highs and 40th of 47 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 47 cities is 28.4°C; Saurimo is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 181 mm to 210 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Saurimo, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Saurimo

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 Saurimo) is explained once on the Saurimo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.