Calucinga climate — normals and trends
Calucinga (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.9 °C and it receives 1,742 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 September (20.6 °C on average) and the coldest is June (18.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Calucinga averages 0 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 174 rainy days per year.
Calucinga has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.7 °C (on 28 September 2008) and the coldest 5.4 °C (on 16 June 1974).
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
CalucingaBíe Province
- coords
- -11.32°, 16.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.9°C
Average daily high
25.2°C
Average daily low
13.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,742mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
11.2km/h
Seasonal range
2.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
174 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.4 °C
Average feels-like low
13.2 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · p = < 0.001
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
33.7 °C
28 September 2008
Coldest day
5.4 °C
16 June 1974
Wettest day
70 mm
22 March 1993
Windiest day
26.3 km/h
9 April 1991
Strongest gust
61.2 km/h
4 September 1979
Hottest feels-like
34.9 °C
17 March 2019
Coldest feels-like
2.0 °C
2 July 1994
Sunniest day
12.6 h
27 November 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 222 mm | +6 mm |
| Feb | 25.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 74 mm | -120 mm |
| Mar | 25.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 216 mm | -43 mm |
| Apr | 24.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 200 mm | +64 mm |
| May | 25.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 24 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 25.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 1 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 25.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 27.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 3 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 28.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 45 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 26.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 236 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 25.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 299 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 24.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 172 mm | -118 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Calucinga?
Calucinga has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.9 °C and it receives 1,742 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Calucinga?
The hottest day measured in Calucinga between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2008, reaching 33.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Calucinga?
The coldest day measured in Calucinga between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1974, at 5.4 °C.
Does it snow in Calucinga?
Almost never: Calucinga sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Calucinga warmed?
Yes: Calucinga warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Calucinga?
The wettest day measured in Calucinga between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1993, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Calucinga?
The windiest day measured in Calucinga between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1991, with winds reaching 26.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Calucinga?
The warmest month in Calucinga is September (20.6 °C on average); the coldest is June (18.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Calucinga?
Calucinga receives on average 1,742 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 174 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Calucinga?
Calucinga gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Calucinga?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Calucinga.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Calucinga?
In Calucinga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.9 °C on 17 March 2019, and the lowest was 2.0 °C on 2 July 1994.
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