Climate averages 1991–2020
Saurimo weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Saurimo: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 212 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lucapa (143 km away). In January its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Saurimo, with 208 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Saurimo ranks 32nd of 47 for the warmest January highs and 41st of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Saurimo is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 212 mm to 181 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
Saurimo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Lucapa in JanuaryAngola · 143 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 208 mm rain
- Luena in JanuaryAngola · 242 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 221 mm rain
- Dundo in JanuaryAngola · 259 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 170 mm rain
- Chitato in JanuaryAngola · 265 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 170 mm rain
- Mwene in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 223 mm rain
- Cafunfo in JanuaryAngola · 281 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 168 mm rain
- Tshilenge in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 310 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 274 mm rain
- Tshikapa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 137 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.