Climate averages 1991–2020
Sumbe weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Sumbe: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto Amboim (53 km away). In December its highs average 27.1°C, 1.1°C cooler than Sumbe, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Sumbe ranks 16th of 47 for the warmest December highs and 7th of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Sumbe is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Porto Amboim in DecemberAngola · 53 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Gabela in DecemberAngola · 71 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Lobito in DecemberAngola · 133 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Cela in DecemberAngola · 142 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 158 mm rain
- Bocoio in DecemberAngola · 144 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 198 mm rain
- Benguela in DecemberAngola · 160 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Balombo in DecemberAngola · 163 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 224 mm rain
- Baía Farta in DecemberAngola · 171 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 23 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.