Climate averages 1991–2020
Sumbe weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Sumbe: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto Amboim (53 km away). In May its highs average 27.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Sumbe, with 1.9 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Sumbe ranks joint 29th of 47 for the warmest May highs and joint 6th of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Sumbe is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 1.6 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Porto Amboim in MayAngola · 53 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Gabela in MayAngola · 71 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Lobito in MayAngola · 133 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Cela in MayAngola · 142 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Bocoio in MayAngola · 144 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Benguela in MayAngola · 160 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Balombo in MayAngola · 163 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Baía Farta in MayAngola · 171 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.7 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.