Climate averages 1991–2020
Sumbe weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Sumbe: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto Amboim (53 km away). In August its highs average 22.6°C, 1.7°C cooler than Sumbe, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Sumbe ranks 42nd of 47 for the warmest August highs and joint 4th of 47 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Sumbe is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.2 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Porto Amboim in AugustAngola · 53 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Gabela in AugustAngola · 71 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Lobito in AugustAngola · 133 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Cela in AugustAngola · 142 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Bocoio in AugustAngola · 144 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Benguela in AugustAngola · 160 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Balombo in AugustAngola · 163 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Baía Farta in AugustAngola · 171 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.1 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.