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Mindelo climate by month
What the weather is like
Mindelo has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is September, when afternoons average 25° and nights 25°. February is the coolest month, with highs of 21° and lows of 20°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 5°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 154 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. September is the wettest month (61 mm, 9 wet days) and June the driest (1 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 19% in June to 35% in November.
The sea reaches about 27° in September. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Praia, the capital, Mindelo is 2.9° cooler on a September afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · September
- Coldest nights
- 20° · February
- Wettest month
- September
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- June · 19% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 27° · September
- Longest day
- 13 h 08 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 08 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 | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° |
| Average low | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 22° |
| Precipitation | 5 mm | 3 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 9 mm | 36 mm | 61 mm | 19 mm | 10 mm | 8 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 5.7 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 8 | 9.2 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 6.8 |
| Cloud cover | 30% | 28% | 23% | 25% | 21% | 19% | 23% | 23% | 24% | 30% | 35% | 34% |
| Sea temperature | 23° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 24° |
| Daylight | 11h 14 | 11h 36 | 12h 02 | 12h 31 | 12h 55 | 13h 08 | 13h 03 | 12h 42 | 12h 14 | 11h 46 | 11h 21 | 11h 08 |
| Month score | 87 | 89 | 95 | 95 | 93 | 98 | 97 | 81 | 77 | 90 | 85 | 82 |