Climate averages 1991–2020

Zango weather
in October.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.5°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 21.8°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 18 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Zango · average highYear overview

October is a hot month in Zango: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Vila Flor (9 km away). In October its highs average 29.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Zango, with 16 mm of rain.

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Zango ranks 7th of 47 for the warmest October highs and joint 16th of 47 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 47 cities is 28.7°C; Zango is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 78 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Zango, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 31.9°C22.9°C22.9°C8011.012.613 h
February 32.5°C23.4°C23.4°C8210.712.412 h
March 32.0°C23.8°C23.8°C12215.512.212 h
April 30.9°C23.8°C23.8°C14217.411.912 h
May 31.7°C22.4°C22.4°C152.711.712 h
June 30.3°C19.4°C19.4°C0.20.011.612 h
July 29.0°C17.9°C17.9°C0.20.011.612 h
August 29.0°C18.4°C18.4°C1.70.311.812 h
September 30.1°C20.2°C20.2°C6.01.412.012 h
October, selected 30.5°C21.8°C21.8°C184.212.312 h
November 30.9°C22.8°C22.8°C7812.512.513 h
December 31.3°C22.9°C22.9°C8012.412.613 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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Zango

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 limits

How 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.