Climate averages 1991–2020
Sumbe weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Sumbe: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto Amboim (53 km away). In February its highs average 28.3°C, 1.1°C cooler than Sumbe, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Sumbe ranks 15th of 47 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 47 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 47 cities is 28.4°C; Sumbe is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 128 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Porto Amboim in FebruaryAngola · 53 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Gabela in FebruaryAngola · 71 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Lobito in FebruaryAngola · 133 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Cela in FebruaryAngola · 142 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Bocoio in FebruaryAngola · 144 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 161 mm rain
- Benguela in FebruaryAngola · 160 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Balombo in FebruaryAngola · 163 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 168 mm rain
- Baía Farta in FebruaryAngola · 171 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 35 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.