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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Lubango
Lubango climate by month
Subtropical highland · CwbBest May–Jul
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing4°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,218 mm75 wet days a year
14.92° S, 13.49° EElevation 1,760 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goLubango · weather score
Best timeMay–Jul
October: high / low27° / 14°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Lubango has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is September, when afternoons average 28° and nights 13°. February 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 1,218 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (309 mm, 20 wet days) and June the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 4% in June to 59% in March.
Compared with Luanda, the capital, Lubango is 0.5° warmer on a September afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · September
- Coldest nights
- 9° · July
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- June · 4% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 00 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 15 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° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 23° | 24° | 26° | 28° | 27° | 24° | 24° |
| Average low | 14° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 12° | 10° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 14° | 14° | 14° |
| Precipitation | 160 mm | 182 mm | 309 mm | 158 mm | 6 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 7 mm | 60 mm | 135 mm | 201 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 11.7 | 13 | 19.8 | 10.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 8 | 6.8 |
| Cloud cover | 56% | 58% | 59% | 29% | 10% | 4% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 19% | 36% | 50% |
| Daylight | 12h 55 | 12h 35 | 12h 12 | 11h 46 | 11h 26 | 11h 15 | 11h 19 | 11h 36 | 12h 00 | 12h 25 | 12h 48 | 13h 00 |
| Month score | 62 | 58 | 55 | 75 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 96 | 85 | 86 | 79 | 76 |
ivMonth by month
Lubango in every month
January62
23° / 14°
160 mm · 11.7 wet days
February58
23° / 14°
182 mm · 13 wet days
March55
23° / 14°
309 mm · 19.8 wet days
April75
23° / 14°
158 mm · 10.8 wet days
May98
24° / 12°
6 mm · 1 wet day
June100
23° / 10°
0 mm · 0 wet days
July100
24° / 9°
0 mm · 0 wet days
August96
26° / 11°
0 mm · 0 wet days
September85
28° / 13°
7 mm · 0.7 wet day
October86
27° / 14°
60 mm · 2.7 wet days
November79
24° / 14°
135 mm · 8 wet days
December76
24° / 14°
201 mm · 6.8 wet days