Cangandala climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Cangandala?

Cangandala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 927 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Cangandala between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1946, reaching 36.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Cangandala?

The coldest day measured in Cangandala between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 8.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Cangandala?

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

Q: Has the climate of Cangandala warmed?

Yes: Cangandala warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Cangandala?

The wettest day measured in Cangandala between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1966, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Cangandala?

The windiest day measured in Cangandala between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1950, with winds reaching 22.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Cangandala?

The warmest month in Cangandala is September (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Cangandala?

Cangandala receives on average 927 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Cangandala?

Cangandala gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Cangandala (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 927 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 (22.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Cangandala averages 0 frost days, 90 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 147 rainy days per year.

Cangandala has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 11 March 1946) and the coldest 8.1 °C (on 18 July 1950).

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

CangandalaMalanje Province

coords: -9.78°, 16.43°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthSeptemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.9°C

Average daily high

28.5°C

Average daily low

16.9°C

Annual rainfall

927mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

11.6km/h

Seasonal range

1.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

90 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

147 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.4 °C

Average feels-like low

17.8 °C

Average peak gust

28.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

4 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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

36.0 °C

11 March 1946

Coldest day

8.1 °C

18 July 1950

Wettest day

67 mm

6 February 1966

Windiest day

22.3 km/h

7 August 1950

Strongest gust

60.5 km/h

9 April 1991

Hottest feels-like

39.0 °C

18 March 2019

Coldest feels-like

5.8 °C

17 July 1950

Sunniest day

12.5 h

3 December 2017

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.1 °C7 October 2025	12.2 °C11 July 2025	22.2 °C	800 mm	115
2024	34.4 °C15 September 2024	11.5 °C17 June 2024	22.5 °C	1,240 mm	175
2023	33.6 °C23 October 2023	11.9 °C9 July 2023	22.5 °C	1,010 mm	145
2022	32.9 °C9 September 2022	12.5 °C14 July 2022	22.0 °C	910 mm	71
2021	34.0 °C9 October 2021	12.4 °C29 July 2021	22.6 °C	840 mm	113
2020	33.2 °C9 September 2020	12.7 °C28 June 2020	22.6 °C	726 mm	90
2019	33.1 °C6 October 2019	13.3 °C16 June 2019	22.8 °C	928 mm	102
2018	33.3 °C27 October 2018	13.5 °C10 June 2018	22.4 °C	923 mm	77
2017	33.8 °C21 September 2017	12.4 °C7 July 2017	22.7 °C	804 mm	116
2016	33.2 °C24 August 2016	13.0 °C22 June 2016	22.8 °C	879 mm	123
2015	34.7 °C14 September 2015	12.5 °C23 June 2015	22.5 °C	1,127 mm	143
2014	34.1 °C29 August 2014	11.7 °C18 July 2014	22.6 °C	778 mm	157
2013	33.7 °C20 August 2013	11.9 °C14 July 2013	22.3 °C	877 mm	128
2012	33.5 °C25 August 2012	11.7 °C20 July 2012	22.5 °C	743 mm	167
2011	34.6 °C23 August 2011	11.9 °C11 July 2011	22.1 °C	804 mm	107
2010	33.4 °C24 August 2010	12.1 °C29 June 2010	22.4 °C	895 mm	120
2009	34.5 °C5 September 2009	11.2 °C10 July 2009	22.5 °C	858 mm	142
2008	34.7 °C7 October 2008	11.2 °C18 July 2008	22.0 °C	737 mm	88
2007	33.1 °C15 September 2007	11.2 °C7 July 2007	21.8 °C	871 mm	71
2006	32.5 °C15 August 2006	10.5 °C7 July 2006	21.8 °C	1,010 mm	69
2005	33.2 °C10 September 2005	11.3 °C25 June 2005	22.1 °C	995 mm	81
2004	32.3 °C3 March 2004	11.1 °C16 July 2004	21.8 °C	1,013 mm	56
2003	33.6 °C28 August 2003	11.8 °C2 July 2003	22.3 °C	784 mm	106
2002	33.3 °C2 September 2002	12.9 °C20 June 2002	22.0 °C	1,160 mm	78
2001	34.1 °C8 September 2001	10.9 °C25 July 2001	22.1 °C	768 mm	102
2000	32.6 °C28 August 2000	11.4 °C11 July 2000	21.9 °C	754 mm	91
1999	32.9 °C3 September 1999	11.5 °C30 June 1999	21.8 °C	1,074 mm	72
1998	33.1 °C25 August 1998	12.8 °C31 May 1998	22.6 °C	875 mm	163
1997	34.2 °C24 August 1997	10.9 °C4 July 1997	22.1 °C	1,046 mm	112
1996	33.8 °C30 August 1996	12.0 °C21 July 1996	22.2 °C	840 mm	133
1995	33.6 °C6 September 1995	10.9 °C12 July 1995	22.1 °C	1,093 mm	90
1994	33.6 °C23 February 1994	11.3 °C3 July 1994	22.0 °C	1,006 mm	86
1993	33.2 °C11 September 1993	12.2 °C13 June 1993	22.1 °C	1,013 mm	106
1992	32.0 °C17 August 1992	11.4 °C7 July 1992	21.6 °C	1,053 mm	43
1991	33.6 °C2 September 1991	12.4 °C9 June 1991	21.9 °C	1,021 mm	97
1990	34.4 °C10 September 1990	12.9 °C15 July 1990	22.3 °C	1,001 mm	116
1989	33.2 °C15 September 1989	11.6 °C15 July 1989	21.9 °C	843 mm	91
1988	32.5 °C16 August 1988	11.1 °C14 July 1988	22.0 °C	1,087 mm	94
1987	33.9 °C19 August 1987	10.5 °C29 June 1987	22.4 °C	975 mm	116
1986	33.1 °C25 August 1986	11.4 °C19 June 1986	21.8 °C	954 mm	94
1985	33.1 °C1 September 1985	10.8 °C23 June 1985	21.8 °C	824 mm	91
1984	34.7 °C7 September 1984	11.4 °C26 July 1984	22.1 °C	845 mm	117
1983	33.9 °C2 September 1983	11.2 °C26 June 1983	22.2 °C	854 mm	118
1982	33.5 °C5 September 1982	10.9 °C19 July 1982	21.7 °C	868 mm	70
1981	33.8 °C24 February 1981	11.7 °C29 July 1981	22.6 °C	708 mm	183
1980	34.1 °C19 September 1980	11.0 °C8 August 1980	22.3 °C	712 mm	164
1979	32.4 °C28 September 1979	11.2 °C7 July 1979	21.9 °C	837 mm	92
1978	32.4 °C15 February 1978	10.8 °C18 June 1978	21.6 °C	856 mm	62
1977	32.4 °C13 February 1977	10.6 °C14 July 1977	21.7 °C	1,064 mm	53
1976	34.0 °C13 September 1976	11.0 °C8 July 1976	21.0 °C	1,213 mm	27
1975	31.8 °C30 September 1975	10.8 °C1 August 1975	21.3 °C	845 mm	33
1974	31.6 °C13 August 1974	9.9 °C16 June 1974	21.1 °C	853 mm	17
1973	31.9 °C10 October 1973	10.8 °C16 July 1973	21.6 °C	824 mm	29
1972	32.7 °C15 March 1972	9.7 °C30 June 1972	21.4 °C	1,017 mm	35
1971	31.2 °C30 October 1971	11.2 °C20 July 1971	21.1 °C	1,012 mm	10
1970	31.8 °C5 September 1970	10.1 °C2 July 1970	21.4 °C	1,035 mm	22
1969	32.9 °C5 September 1969	12.3 °C11 July 1969	21.5 °C	1,101 mm	26
1968	31.8 °C22 August 1968	10.9 °C21 June 1968	21.1 °C	1,086 mm	21
1967	30.6 °C11 December 1967	11.0 °C20 July 1967	21.2 °C	1,144 mm	6
1966	30.8 °C4 August 1966	12.3 °C29 July 1966	21.6 °C	1,344 mm	15
1965	30.7 °C14 August 1965	10.5 °C5 July 1965	21.1 °C	1,190 mm	9
1964	31.7 °C18 February 1964	9.7 °C21 June 1964	21.2 °C	1,015 mm	14
1963	32.3 °C9 September 1963	10.3 °C12 July 1963	21.4 °C	847 mm	31
1962	31.4 °C4 February 1962	10.2 °C28 June 1962	21.2 °C	955 mm	19
1961	30.6 °C5 November 1961	11.4 °C27 July 1961	21.1 °C	1,034 mm	5
1960	30.7 °C24 August 1960	10.5 °C12 July 1960	21.0 °C	1,405 mm	9
1959	31.5 °C27 August 1959	11.2 °C20 June 1959	21.5 °C	973 mm	17
1958	33.2 °C19 February 1958	9.5 °C25 June 1958	21.6 °C	783 mm	70
1957	33.2 °C15 March 1957	10.1 °C26 June 1957	21.6 °C	951 mm	74
1956	32.9 °C1 March 1956	9.4 °C30 July 1956	21.4 °C	820 mm	82
1955	34.5 °C16 February 1955	10.0 °C11 July 1955	21.7 °C	740 mm	99
1954	33.2 °C26 August 1954	10.1 °C14 July 1954	21.8 °C	849 mm	160
1953	33.3 °C13 September 1953	11.0 °C8 July 1953	21.4 °C	758 mm	53
1952	33.4 °C25 September 1952	10.8 °C8 August 1952	21.4 °C	1,159 mm	73
1951	33.3 °C25 August 1951	9.9 °C15 July 1951	21.3 °C	1,264 mm	64
1950	32.2 °C5 September 1950	8.1 °C18 July 1950	21.0 °C	1,150 mm	30
1949	32.5 °C22 August 1949	11.1 °C10 June 1949	21.4 °C	1,111 mm	58
1948	34.2 °C12 September 1948	10.7 °C22 June 1948	21.7 °C	1,115 mm	123
1947	35.8 °C16 September 1947	9.3 °C20 July 1947	22.5 °C	752 mm	191
1946	36.0 °C11 March 1946	10.1 °C12 July 1946	22.1 °C	621 mm	145
1945	33.4 °C26 September 1945	10.6 °C20 June 1945	21.9 °C	740 mm	130
1944	33.8 °C29 September 1944	11.8 °C10 July 1944	22.1 °C	698 mm	133
1943	34.1 °C12 September 1943	10.4 °C29 July 1943	21.5 °C	1,031 mm	107
1942	34.0 °C21 August 1942	9.3 °C23 July 1942	22.4 °C	591 mm	186
1941	34.5 °C18 August 1941	11.2 °C23 June 1941	22.9 °C	430 mm	265
1940	33.9 °C17 August 1940	10.9 °C2 July 1940	22.0 °C	623 mm	167

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.0 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

115 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

800 mm

-127 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.7 °C	+0.2 °C	40 mm	-36 mm
Feb	28.9 °C	+0.4 °C	51 mm	-24 mm
Mar	29.0 °C	+1.2 °C	124 mm	-25 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	+0.1 °C	162 mm	+36 mm
May	28.4 °C	-0.5 °C	48 mm	+33 mm
Jun	29.2 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	29.4 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	30.2 °C	-0.4 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Sep	31.0 °C	+0.6 °C	13 mm	-28 mm
Oct	29.8 °C	+1.2 °C	128 mm	-15 mm
Nov	28.5 °C	+1.6 °C	146 mm	-32 mm
Dec	28.4 °C	+1.6 °C	87 mm	-35 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.1 °C

7 Oct 2025

Coldest day

12.2 °C

11 Jul 2025

Wettest day

22.2 mm

30 Oct 2025

Windiest day

19.6 km/h

25 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

47.2 km/h

27 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.9 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.5 °C

11 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

17 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Cangandala?

Cangandala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 927 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cangandala?

The hottest day measured in Cangandala between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1946, reaching 36.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Cangandala?

The coldest day measured in Cangandala between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 8.1 °C.

Does it snow in Cangandala?

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

Has the climate of Cangandala warmed?

Yes: Cangandala warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Cangandala?

The wettest day measured in Cangandala between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1966, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Cangandala?

The windiest day measured in Cangandala between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1950, with winds reaching 22.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Cangandala?

The warmest month in Cangandala is September (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Cangandala?

Cangandala receives on average 927 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Cangandala?

Cangandala gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Cangandala?

Yes: Cangandala has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cangandala?

In Cangandala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 18 March 2019, and the lowest was 5.8 °C on 17 July 1950.

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