Climate averages 1991–2020
Zango weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Zango: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vila Flor (9 km away). In January its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Zango, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Zango ranks joint 3rd of 47 for the warmest January highs and 18th of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Zango is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 82 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
Zango climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 80 | 11.0 | 12.613 h |
| February | 32.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 82 | 10.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 32.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 122 | 15.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 142 | 17.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 31.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 15 | 2.7 | 11.712 h |
| June | 30.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| July | 29.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 29.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 6.0 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 18 | 4.2 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 78 | 12.5 | 12.513 h |
| December | 31.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 80 | 12.4 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Vila Flor in JanuaryAngola · 9 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Viana in JanuaryAngola · 12 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Calumbo in JanuaryAngola · 15 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Mulenvos in JanuaryAngola · 17 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Luanda in JanuaryAngola · 26 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Cacuaco in JanuaryAngola · 26 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Kikolo in JanuaryAngola · 26 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Panguíla in JanuaryAngola · 36 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 69 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 Zango) is explained once on the Zango year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.