Climate averages 1991–2020
Sumbe weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Sumbe: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto Amboim (53 km away). In January its highs average 27.4°C, 1.3°C cooler than Sumbe, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Sumbe ranks 16th of 47 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Sumbe is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Porto Amboim in JanuaryAngola · 53 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Gabela in JanuaryAngola · 71 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Lobito in JanuaryAngola · 133 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Cela in JanuaryAngola · 142 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Bocoio in JanuaryAngola · 144 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 143 mm rain
- Benguela in JanuaryAngola · 160 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Balombo in JanuaryAngola · 163 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 171 mm rain
- Baía Farta in JanuaryAngola · 171 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 26 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.