Climate averages 1991–2020
Sumbe weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Sumbe: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto Amboim (53 km away). In March its highs average 28.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Sumbe, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Sumbe ranks joint 17th of 47 for the warmest March highs and 20th of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Sumbe is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 128 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Porto Amboim in MarchAngola · 53 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Gabela in MarchAngola · 71 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 258 mm rain
- Lobito in MarchAngola · 133 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Cela in MarchAngola · 142 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Bocoio in MarchAngola · 144 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 256 mm rain
- Benguela in MarchAngola · 160 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 104 mm rain
- Balombo in MarchAngola · 163 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 239 mm rain
- Baía Farta in MarchAngola · 171 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 73 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.