Climate averages 1991–2020
Uíge weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Uíge: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Negage (29 km away). In May its highs average 26.9°C, 1.7°C cooler than Uíge, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Uíge ranks 28th of 47 for the warmest May highs and 47th of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Uíge is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 140 mm to 11 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
Uíge climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 190 | 23.2 | 12.513 h |
| February | 27.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 161 | 19.3 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 230 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 327 | 26.9 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 28.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 140 | 16.6 | 11.812 h |
| June | 29.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 11 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| July | 29.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| August | 28.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 13 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 58 | 14.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 237 | 26.2 | 12.312 h |
| November | 26.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 322 | 26.5 | 12.512 h |
| December | 26.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 266 | 26.1 | 12.613 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
- Negage in MayAngola · 29 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in MayAngola · 175 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 90 mm rain
- N'dalatando in MayAngola · 189 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Barra do Dande in MayAngola · 209 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Panguíla in MayAngola · 215 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Cacuaco in MayAngola · 227 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Kikolo in MayAngola · 231 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Viana in MayAngola · 235 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 9.7 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 Uíge) is explained once on the Uíge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.