Cahama climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Cahama?

Cahama has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 486 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cahama?

The hottest day measured in Cahama between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1949, reaching 39.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Cahama?

The coldest day measured in Cahama between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1962, at 3.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Cahama?

Almost never: Cahama sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Cahama warmed?

Yes: Cahama warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Cahama?

The wettest day measured in Cahama between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 2022, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Cahama?

The windiest day measured in Cahama between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1999, with winds reaching 32.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Cahama?

The warmest month in Cahama is October (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Cahama?

Cahama receives on average 486 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Cahama?

Cahama gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Cahama (Angola) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 486 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is October (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Cahama averages 0 frost days, 165 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 71 rainy days per year.

Cahama has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 11 January 1949) and the coldest 3.3 °C (on 9 June 1962).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

CahamaCunene Province

coords: -16.29°, 14.31°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthMarchDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.0°C

Average daily high

29.8°C

Average daily low

15.1°C

Annual rainfall

486mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

47%

Average peak wind

16.0km/h

Seasonal range

6.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

165 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

71 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.6 °C

Average feels-like low

13.8 °C

Average peak gust

34.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

8 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

39.4 °C

11 January 1949

Coldest day

3.3 °C

9 June 1962

Wettest day

103 mm

13 March 2022

Windiest day

32.9 km/h

16 August 1999

Strongest gust

65.9 km/h

16 August 1999

Hottest feels-like

39.8 °C

2 December 2022

Coldest feels-like

-0.6 °C

1 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.8 h

24 December 2004

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.6 °C2 December 2025	6.4 °C14 July 2025	22.2 °C	627 mm	161
2024	38.4 °C25 October 2024	6.6 °C17 June 2024	23.6 °C	391 mm	266
2023	38.1 °C24 October 2023	4.2 °C29 June 2023	23.2 °C	611 mm	231
2022	38.2 °C2 January 2022	5.2 °C2 August 2022	23.2 °C	565 mm	230
2021	38.7 °C11 October 2021	9.5 °C24 June 2021	23.8 °C	238 mm	231
2020	39.4 °C20 October 2020	8.0 °C11 July 2020	23.5 °C	465 mm	235
2019	38.4 °C20 October 2019	9.7 °C23 July 2019	24.8 °C	362 mm	295
2018	39.1 °C17 November 2018	10.3 °C14 June 2018	23.5 °C	565 mm	215
2017	38.0 °C3 December 2017	10.2 °C8 July 2017	23.3 °C	649 mm	191
2016	38.3 °C2 November 2016	8.2 °C27 July 2016	23.3 °C	609 mm	228
2015	38.7 °C25 November 2015	7.1 °C26 June 2015	23.8 °C	501 mm	257
2014	37.0 °C16 October 2014	7.5 °C26 June 2014	23.1 °C	467 mm	220
2013	38.0 °C29 October 2013	8.8 °C5 July 2013	23.3 °C	415 mm	252
2012	37.7 °C9 November 2012	7.4 °C18 June 2012	22.4 °C	525 mm	192
2011	37.3 °C16 October 2011	5.6 °C29 June 2011	21.3 °C	968 mm	105
2010	38.2 °C5 October 2010	7.9 °C18 June 2010	22.6 °C	688 mm	162
2009	37.4 °C5 December 2009	6.8 °C12 July 2009	22.4 °C	570 mm	159
2008	38.1 °C1 November 2008	4.9 °C5 July 2008	22.0 °C	927 mm	136
2007	37.5 °C28 November 2007	7.2 °C10 June 2007	23.1 °C	337 mm	230
2006	37.5 °C24 January 2006	6.9 °C3 August 2006	21.5 °C	673 mm	122
2005	38.6 °C16 November 2005	9.1 °C23 June 2005	23.2 °C	543 mm	227
2004	36.9 °C7 November 2004	8.5 °C1 August 2004	22.6 °C	461 mm	179
2003	36.8 °C5 October 2003	8.3 °C4 July 2003	22.1 °C	641 mm	159
2002	36.6 °C24 October 2002	6.1 °C13 June 2002	22.2 °C	598 mm	146
2001	36.7 °C8 October 2001	5.2 °C19 July 2001	21.8 °C	570 mm	155
2000	36.9 °C12 October 2000	7.6 °C15 July 2000	22.1 °C	361 mm	167
1999	36.7 °C2 November 1999	5.7 °C19 June 1999	21.7 °C	633 mm	122
1998	36.3 °C6 October 1998	8.7 °C20 June 1998	22.5 °C	426 mm	182
1997	36.4 °C28 September 1997	6.4 °C26 May 1997	21.7 °C	556 mm	130
1996	36.3 °C16 October 1996	7.0 °C26 July 1996	22.2 °C	339 mm	201
1995	36.5 °C11 November 1995	7.4 °C17 July 1995	21.9 °C	485 mm	151
1994	35.1 °C19 September 1994	4.5 °C3 July 1994	22.0 °C	387 mm	167
1993	36.0 °C5 December 1993	8.6 °C17 June 1993	22.0 °C	515 mm	142
1992	35.5 °C4 December 1992	4.4 °C23 July 1992	21.9 °C	371 mm	161
1991	35.0 °C6 October 1991	5.2 °C18 June 1991	21.2 °C	623 mm	95
1990	35.3 °C5 November 1990	5.9 °C28 June 1990	21.6 °C	561 mm	119
1989	36.6 °C25 November 1989	6.8 °C4 June 1989	22.1 °C	237 mm	154
1988	35.1 °C30 September 1988	6.8 °C12 July 1988	22.0 °C	476 mm	138
1987	35.4 °C31 October 1987	6.1 °C20 July 1987	21.9 °C	414 mm	168
1986	34.6 °C12 November 1986	6.8 °C30 August 1986	21.2 °C	586 mm	120
1985	35.5 °C10 October 1985	5.0 °C15 July 1985	21.3 °C	314 mm	132
1984	34.7 °C19 November 1984	6.5 °C25 July 1984	21.3 °C	465 mm	117
1983	35.1 °C19 September 1983	5.5 °C12 June 1983	21.8 °C	351 mm	164
1982	35.9 °C28 December 1982	4.4 °C2 July 1982	21.3 °C	351 mm	130
1981	36.1 °C30 October 1981	5.6 °C8 July 1981	21.8 °C	252 mm	162
1980	35.6 °C5 December 1980	4.7 °C26 August 1980	21.9 °C	253 mm	167
1979	35.8 °C5 October 1979	4.4 °C21 July 1979	21.3 °C	480 mm	106
1978	35.4 °C7 January 1978	6.5 °C8 July 1978	21.2 °C	296 mm	130
1977	34.7 °C8 December 1977	4.7 °C30 June 1977	21.5 °C	329 mm	132
1976	33.7 °C14 November 1976	5.1 °C8 July 1976	20.3 °C	702 mm	78
1975	35.1 °C3 November 1975	7.3 °C31 July 1975	21.3 °C	506 mm	121
1974	34.8 °C18 October 1974	4.3 °C5 July 1974	20.7 °C	440 mm	92
1973	35.4 °C6 October 1973	6.3 °C17 July 1973	22.2 °C	317 mm	168
1972	37.5 °C27 November 1972	4.2 °C31 July 1972	21.5 °C	387 mm	158
1971	34.8 °C6 October 1971	4.6 °C3 August 1971	21.4 °C	477 mm	125
1970	35.7 °C3 January 1970	6.6 °C28 June 1970	22.0 °C	427 mm	177
1969	35.6 °C3 October 1969	8.0 °C30 June 1969	21.9 °C	479 mm	156
1968	36.6 °C24 October 1968	4.9 °C27 May 1968	21.4 °C	465 mm	127
1967	35.4 °C21 October 1967	5.4 °C21 July 1967	21.0 °C	665 mm	93
1966	37.1 °C24 November 1966	4.4 °C18 August 1966	22.4 °C	243 mm	181
1965	34.9 °C31 October 1965	5.4 °C1 June 1965	21.2 °C	478 mm	126
1964	37.5 °C5 February 1964	4.2 °C12 June 1964	21.7 °C	380 mm	202
1963	34.5 °C4 October 1963	4.0 °C15 July 1963	20.5 °C	789 mm	83
1962	35.3 °C17 October 1962	3.3 °C9 June 1962	21.9 °C	368 mm	164
1961	35.3 °C20 October 1961	5.0 °C9 June 1961	21.4 °C	529 mm	140
1960	36.4 °C23 December 1960	4.6 °C19 July 1960	21.3 °C	562 mm	135
1959	36.8 °C30 December 1959	5.5 °C22 May 1959	21.5 °C	571 mm	139
1958	36.5 °C20 November 1958	6.5 °C19 June 1958	21.7 °C	323 mm	186
1957	37.9 °C13 November 1957	4.0 °C27 June 1957	21.8 °C	519 mm	169
1956	37.4 °C29 December 1956	6.3 °C20 June 1956	21.5 °C	403 mm	160
1955	35.7 °C23 February 1955	7.4 °C10 July 1955	21.6 °C	379 mm	162
1954	37.6 °C24 October 1954	3.6 °C8 July 1954	22.8 °C	151 mm	246
1953	37.6 °C30 October 1953	5.6 °C27 June 1953	21.2 °C	560 mm	128
1952	37.0 °C27 October 1952	5.1 °C15 July 1952	21.9 °C	472 mm	172
1951	37.0 °C9 October 1951	5.8 °C15 July 1951	20.5 °C	1,053 mm	70
1950	36.8 °C10 November 1950	6.2 °C11 July 1950	20.7 °C	837 mm	86
1949	39.4 °C11 January 1949	7.8 °C21 July 1949	22.1 °C	514 mm	169
1948	36.2 °C27 September 1948	7.8 °C23 June 1948	22.1 °C	552 mm	172
1947	37.0 °C9 October 1947	5.9 °C20 July 1947	22.6 °C	315 mm	220
1946	37.6 °C26 October 1946	6.9 °C11 July 1946	22.5 °C	290 mm	221
1945	37.3 °C26 October 1945	4.1 °C25 June 1945	22.2 °C	511 mm	182
1944	37.9 °C28 September 1944	6.4 °C2 July 1944	22.4 °C	420 mm	205
1943	36.6 °C7 October 1943	5.3 °C2 July 1943	22.0 °C	417 mm	171
1942	37.0 °C15 October 1942	6.9 °C23 July 1942	21.9 °C	478 mm	187
1941	38.5 °C16 October 1941	7.6 °C26 June 1941	22.6 °C	324 mm	224
1940	36.1 °C6 December 1940	4.3 °C17 June 1940	21.5 °C	449 mm	184

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.9 °C

+0.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

161 d/yr

-4

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

627 mm

+141 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.2 °C	+2.4 °C	29 mm	-60 mm
Feb	29.3 °C	0.0 °C	116 mm	+19 mm
Mar	28.2 °C	-0.2 °C	242 mm	+126 mm
Apr	27.9 °C	-1.0 °C	104 mm	+70 mm
May	27.7 °C	-1.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jun	26.8 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	27.4 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	29.8 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	33.1 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	33.6 °C	+0.2 °C	5 mm	-11 mm
Nov	33.0 °C	+1.2 °C	19 mm	-40 mm
Dec	30.2 °C	-0.8 °C	113 mm	+39 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.6 °C

2 Dec 2025

Coldest day

6.4 °C

14 Jul 2025

Wettest day

36.1 mm

18 Mar 2025

Windiest day

26.7 km/h

14 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

54.0 km/h

3 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.6 °C

10 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.6 °C

27 Jun 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

24 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Cahama?

Cahama has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 486 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cahama?

The hottest day measured in Cahama between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1949, reaching 39.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Cahama?

The coldest day measured in Cahama between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1962, at 3.3 °C.

Does it snow in Cahama?

Almost never: Cahama sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Cahama warmed?

Yes: Cahama warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Cahama?

The wettest day measured in Cahama between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 2022, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Cahama?

The windiest day measured in Cahama between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1999, with winds reaching 32.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Cahama?

The warmest month in Cahama is October (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Cahama?

Cahama receives on average 486 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Cahama?

Cahama gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Cahama?

Yes: Cahama has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cahama?

In Cahama, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 2 December 2022, and the lowest was -0.6 °C on 1 July 1994.

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