Climate averages 1991–2020
Sumbe weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Sumbe: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto Amboim (53 km away). In April its highs average 28.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Sumbe, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Sumbe ranks joint 21st of 47 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 47 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 47 cities is 28.1°C; Sumbe is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 1.6 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Sumbe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 35 | 4.2 | 12.713 h |
| February | 29.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 39 | 5.0 | 12.512 h |
| March | 29.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 128 | 10.5 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 28.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 53 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| June | 26.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 1.6 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| July | 24.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 1.1 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| August | 24.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 25.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 6.3 | 1.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 23 | 4.0 | 12.613 h |
| December | 28.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 31 | 4.5 | 12.813 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
April in nearby cities
- Porto Amboim in AprilAngola · 53 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Gabela in AprilAngola · 71 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 239 mm rain
- Lobito in AprilAngola · 133 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Cela in AprilAngola · 142 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Bocoio in AprilAngola · 144 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Benguela in AprilAngola · 160 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Balombo in AprilAngola · 163 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Baía Farta in AprilAngola · 171 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 24 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 Sumbe) is explained once on the Sumbe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.