Climate guideThirty-year normals for Huambo
Huambo climate by month
Subtropical highland · CwbBest May–Jul
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing4°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,310 mm136 wet days a year
12.78° S, 15.74° EElevation 1,716 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goHuambo · weather score
Best timeMay–Jul
October: high / low26° / 15°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Huambo has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is September, when afternoons average 29° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 23° and lows of 14°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 4°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,310 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (216 mm, 25 wet days) and June the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 5% in June to 70% in January.
Compared with Luanda, the capital, Huambo is 1° warmer on a September afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · September
- Coldest nights
- 9° · July
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- June · 5% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 52 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 23 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 | 23° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 27° | 29° | 26° | 24° | 24° |
| Average low | 14° | 14° | 15° | 14° | 11° | 9° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 15° | 14° | 14° |
| Precipitation | 191 mm | 174 mm | 216 mm | 124 mm | 9 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 2 mm | 18 mm | 126 mm | 226 mm | 224 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 19 | 16.7 | 24.8 | 18.2 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 10.2 | 22 | 19.3 |
| Cloud cover | 70% | 68% | 64% | 41% | 13% | 5% | 7% | 12% | 19% | 43% | 61% | 69% |
| Daylight | 12h 48 | 12h 31 | 12h 11 | 11h 49 | 11h 32 | 11h 23 | 11h 26 | 11h 41 | 12h 01 | 12h 22 | 12h 42 | 12h 52 |
| Month score | 50 | 51 | 53 | 62 | 93 | 100 | 99 | 90 | 81 | 65 | 54 | 51 |
ivMonth by month
Huambo in every month
January50
23° / 14°
191 mm · 19 wet days
February51
24° / 14°
174 mm · 16.7 wet days
March53
24° / 15°
216 mm · 24.8 wet days
April62
24° / 14°
124 mm · 18.2 wet days
May93
24° / 11°
9 mm · 2.8 wet days
June100
24° / 9°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
July99
25° / 9°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
August90
27° / 12°
2 mm · 0.2 wet days
September81
29° / 14°
18 mm · 1.8 wet days
October65
26° / 15°
126 mm · 10.2 wet days
November54
24° / 14°
226 mm · 22 wet days
December51
24° / 14°
224 mm · 19.3 wet days