Climate guideThirty-year normals for Saurimo
Saurimo climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest May–Jul
Annual mean23°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,245 mm170 wet days a year
9.66° S, 20.39° EElevation 1,071 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goSaurimo · weather score
Best timeMay–Jul
October: high / low29° / 18°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Saurimo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 33° and nights 17°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 27° and lows of 18°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,245 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (205 mm, 26 wet days) and July the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 11% in June to 72% in January.
Compared with Luanda, the capital, Saurimo is 6° warmer on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 33° · August
- Coldest nights
- 16° · July
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- June · 11% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 41 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 34 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 | 27° | 28° | 27° | 28° | 30° | 31° | 31° | 33° | 31° | 29° | 27° | 27° |
| Average low | 18° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 17° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 192 mm | 168 mm | 199 mm | 107 mm | 10 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 10 mm | 46 mm | 130 mm | 177 mm | 205 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 24.2 | 22.6 | 25.1 | 13.6 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 10.6 | 20.1 | 24.1 | 25.6 |
| Cloud cover | 72% | 72% | 66% | 44% | 20% | 11% | 12% | 19% | 33% | 54% | 63% | 70% |
| Daylight | 12h 37 | 12h 25 | 12h 10 | 11h 54 | 11h 41 | 11h 34 | 11h 36 | 11h 47 | 12h 03 | 12h 18 | 12h 33 | 12h 41 |
| Month score | 42 | 39 | 42 | 50 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 64 | 47 | 41 | 44 | 42 |
ivMonth by month
Saurimo in every month
January42
27° / 18°
192 mm · 24.2 wet days
February39
28° / 18°
168 mm · 22.6 wet days
March42
27° / 18°
199 mm · 25.1 wet days
April50
28° / 18°
107 mm · 13.6 wet days
May73
30° / 18°
10 mm · 1.9 wet days
June75
31° / 17°
1 mm · 0.5 wet day
July75
31° / 16°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
August64
33° / 17°
10 mm · 1.8 wet days
September47
31° / 18°
46 mm · 10.6 wet days
October41
29° / 18°
130 mm · 20.1 wet days
November44
27° / 18°
177 mm · 24.1 wet days
December42
27° / 18°
205 mm · 25.6 wet days