Climate averages 1991–2020

Saurimo weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.0°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 16.4°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Saurimo: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lucapa (143 km away). In July its highs average 32.4°C, 1.4°C warmer than Saurimo, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Saurimo ranks 5th of 47 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 47 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Saurimo is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.8 mm.

The annual picture

July 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	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, selected	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

July 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.