Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Climate guideThirty-year normals for Bailundo
Bailundo climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest May–Jul
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing4°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,284 mm129 wet days a year
12.20° S, 15.87° EElevation 1,535 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goBailundo · weather score
Best timeMay–Jul
October: high / low28° / 15°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Bailundo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is September, when afternoons average 30° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 25° and lows of 15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 4°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,284 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (210 mm, 24 wet days) and June the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 5% in June to 69% in January.
Compared with Luanda, the capital, Bailundo is 2.2° warmer on a September afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · September
- Coldest nights
- 10° · July
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- June · 5% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 50 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 25 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 29° | 30° | 28° | 26° | 25° |
| Average low | 15° | 15° | 15° | 14° | 12° | 10° | 10° | 12° | 14° | 15° | 15° | 15° |
| Precipitation | 177 mm | 156 mm | 210 mm | 128 mm | 9 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 3 mm | 24 mm | 140 mm | 224 mm | 213 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 17.8 | 15.5 | 24 | 18.3 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 22 | 19.2 |
| Cloud cover | 69% | 66% | 60% | 40% | 13% | 5% | 7% | 13% | 20% | 43% | 59% | 68% |
| Daylight | 12h 46 | 12h 29 | 12h 11 | 11h 50 | 11h 33 | 11h 25 | 11h 28 | 11h 42 | 12h 01 | 12h 22 | 12h 40 | 12h 50 |
| Month score | 51 | 51 | 54 | 61 | 89 | 95 | 93 | 83 | 76 | 65 | 52 | 51 |
ivMonth by month
Bailundo in every month
January51
25° / 15°
177 mm · 17.8 wet days
February51
25° / 15°
156 mm · 15.5 wet days
March54
25° / 15°
210 mm · 24 wet days
April61
25° / 14°
128 mm · 18.3 wet days
May89
26° / 12°
9 mm · 2.2 wet days
June95
26° / 10°
0 mm · 0 wet days
July93
27° / 10°
0 mm · 0 wet days
August83
29° / 12°
3 mm · 0.2 wet days
September76
30° / 14°
24 mm · 1.7 wet days
October65
28° / 15°
140 mm · 8.2 wet days
November52
26° / 15°
224 mm · 22 wet days
December51
25° / 15°
213 mm · 19.2 wet days