Tômbua climate by month
What the weather is like
Tômbua has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 28° and nights 21°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 20° and lows of 15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 40 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (11 mm, 11 wet days) and June the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 6% in May to 40% in February.
The sea reaches about 25° in March. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Luanda, the capital, Tômbua is 2.6° cooler on a April afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · April
- Coldest nights
- 15° · August
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- May · 6% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 25° · March
- Longest day
- 13 h 03 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 12 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 25° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 26° | 24° | 22° | 20° | 21° | 23° | 25° | 25° |
| Average low | 20° | 21° | 22° | 21° | 19° | 16° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 17° | 18° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 6 mm | 11 mm | 11 mm | 3 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 4 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 5.8 | 7.7 | 10.8 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| Cloud cover | 39% | 40% | 35% | 12% | 6% | 9% | 15% | 20% | 20% | 13% | 15% | 27% |
| Sea temperature | 23° | 24° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 20° | 19° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 22° | 22° |
| Daylight | 12h 58 | 12h 36 | 12h 12 | 11h 45 | 11h 23 | 11h 12 | 11h 16 | 11h 35 | 12h 00 | 12h 26 | 12h 51 | 13h 03 |
| Month score | 81 | 71 | 62 | 78 | 94 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 93 |